Corporate environmental disclosures in Malaysian public listed companies
This thesis investigates the impact of board gender diversity in influencing board decision to communicate environmental information in annual reports of Malaysian listed companies in year 2013. Legitimacy theory is used as the theoretical framework to explain the association between board gender di...
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Curtin University
2016
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| author | Phua, Siew Huei Michelle |
| author_facet | Phua, Siew Huei Michelle |
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| description | This thesis investigates the impact of board gender diversity in influencing board decision to communicate environmental information in annual reports of Malaysian listed companies in year 2013. Legitimacy theory is used as the theoretical framework to explain the association between board gender diversity and the extent of corporate environmental disclosure by Malaysian companies. Findings of this study reveal that there is a statistically significant association between presence of female directors in corporate boardroom and female directors holding multiple directorships on the extent of corporate environmental disclosure by Malaysian companies. Overall, the findings of this thesis can be used as a driver to encourage more female participation in decision making and communication processes of public listed companies and there is also a need to enforce and mandate disclosure of environmental information in annual reports of Malaysian listed companies. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-24592017-02-20T06:38:59Z Corporate environmental disclosures in Malaysian public listed companies Phua, Siew Huei Michelle This thesis investigates the impact of board gender diversity in influencing board decision to communicate environmental information in annual reports of Malaysian listed companies in year 2013. Legitimacy theory is used as the theoretical framework to explain the association between board gender diversity and the extent of corporate environmental disclosure by Malaysian companies. Findings of this study reveal that there is a statistically significant association between presence of female directors in corporate boardroom and female directors holding multiple directorships on the extent of corporate environmental disclosure by Malaysian companies. Overall, the findings of this thesis can be used as a driver to encourage more female participation in decision making and communication processes of public listed companies and there is also a need to enforce and mandate disclosure of environmental information in annual reports of Malaysian listed companies. 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2459 en Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Phua, Siew Huei Michelle Corporate environmental disclosures in Malaysian public listed companies |
| title | Corporate environmental disclosures in Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_full | Corporate environmental disclosures in Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_fullStr | Corporate environmental disclosures in Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corporate environmental disclosures in Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_short | Corporate environmental disclosures in Malaysian public listed companies |
| title_sort | corporate environmental disclosures in malaysian public listed companies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2459 |