Board Diversity and Environmental Disclosure Practices of Malaysian Public Listed Companies
This thesis examines the influence of board diversity on the level of environmental disclosure of Malaysia listed companies from 2014 to 2016. Data is hand-collected from the published reports of companies from environmentally-sensitive industry sectors. Using stratified random sampling approach, 15...
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2018
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| author | Chong, Jennifer Lai Yee |
| author_facet | Chong, Jennifer Lai Yee |
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| description | This thesis examines the influence of board diversity on the level of environmental disclosure of Malaysia listed companies from 2014 to 2016. Data is hand-collected from the published reports of companies from environmentally-sensitive industry sectors. Using stratified random sampling approach, 150 companies are selected for each period. Panel data analysis is employed. There is a statistically significant increase in environmental disclosure level. Younger and foreign directors are the negative predictors of the environmental disclosure. |
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| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-754482021-05-07T00:27:40Z Board Diversity and Environmental Disclosure Practices of Malaysian Public Listed Companies Chong, Jennifer Lai Yee This thesis examines the influence of board diversity on the level of environmental disclosure of Malaysia listed companies from 2014 to 2016. Data is hand-collected from the published reports of companies from environmentally-sensitive industry sectors. Using stratified random sampling approach, 150 companies are selected for each period. Panel data analysis is employed. There is a statistically significant increase in environmental disclosure level. Younger and foreign directors are the negative predictors of the environmental disclosure. 2018 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75448 Curtin University fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Chong, Jennifer Lai Yee Board Diversity and Environmental Disclosure Practices of Malaysian Public Listed Companies |
| title | Board Diversity and Environmental Disclosure Practices of Malaysian Public Listed Companies |
| title_full | Board Diversity and Environmental Disclosure Practices of Malaysian Public Listed Companies |
| title_fullStr | Board Diversity and Environmental Disclosure Practices of Malaysian Public Listed Companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Board Diversity and Environmental Disclosure Practices of Malaysian Public Listed Companies |
| title_short | Board Diversity and Environmental Disclosure Practices of Malaysian Public Listed Companies |
| title_sort | board diversity and environmental disclosure practices of malaysian public listed companies |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75448 |