Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi

The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between social media financial disclosure and firm value of the GCC listed firms. To answer the research questions, the researchers collected cross-sectional data from a sample of 241 firms listed in the financial stock markets of the GCC for the yea...

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Main Author: M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi, Abdalmuttaleb
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Language:English
Published: Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Shah Alam 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30958/
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description The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between social media financial disclosure and firm value of the GCC listed firms. To answer the research questions, the researchers collected cross-sectional data from a sample of 241 firms listed in the financial stock markets of the GCC for the year 2017. An Index was used to calculate the total level of social media financial disclosure where the SMFD for each firm was calculated by dividing the total earned scores of the firm by the total maximum possible scores appropriate for the firm. The findings show that the 84% of firms in the GCC countries use social media, while 70% of these firms use the SM for financial disclosure. The results also confirm the hypothesis that enhanced disclosure levels through various social media channels of GCC listed firms significantly influence the firm value of these firms. These results have implications for both the social media disclosure literature and value relevance literature in the GCC countries.
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spelling uitm-309582022-06-15T03:13:49Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30958/ Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi mar M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi, Abdalmuttaleb Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance The aim of this paper is to show the relationship between social media financial disclosure and firm value of the GCC listed firms. To answer the research questions, the researchers collected cross-sectional data from a sample of 241 firms listed in the financial stock markets of the GCC for the year 2017. An Index was used to calculate the total level of social media financial disclosure where the SMFD for each firm was calculated by dividing the total earned scores of the firm by the total maximum possible scores appropriate for the firm. The findings show that the 84% of firms in the GCC countries use social media, while 70% of these firms use the SM for financial disclosure. The results also confirm the hypothesis that enhanced disclosure levels through various social media channels of GCC listed firms significantly influence the firm value of these firms. These results have implications for both the social media disclosure literature and value relevance literature in the GCC countries. Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Shah Alam 2019-08 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30958/1/30958.pdf M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi, Abdalmuttaleb (2019) Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi. (2019) Management & Accounting Review (MAR) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Management_=26_Accounting_Review_=28MAR=29.html>, 18 (2): 1. pp. 1-20. ISSN 2550-1895 https://mar.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance
M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi, Abdalmuttaleb
Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi
title Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi
title_full Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi
title_fullStr Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi
title_short Assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / Abdalmuttaleb M.A Musleh Al-Sartawi
title_sort assessing the relationship between information transparency through social media disclosure and firm value / abdalmuttaleb m.a musleh al-sartawi
topic Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30958/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30958/