4 research outputs found
Effects of Corporate Governance on Corporate Social and Environmental Disclosure among Listed Firms in Nigeria
This study examined the effects of corporate
governance (CG) mechanisms on corporate
social and environmental disclosure (CSED)
among firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange.
Forty firms were selected for the study using
judgmental sampling technique. A content analysis of
information in the corporate annual reports and
websites of the selected firms for the period 2006-2010
provided data for the study. CSED was measured using
50 items of information and CG mechanisms examined
were CEO duality, Board size, proportion of nonexecutive
directors and audit size. Data obtained were
analyzed using correlation and regression analysis.
Findings revealed a significant negative relationship
between CEO duality and CSED; and significant positive
relationships between proportion of non- executive
directors, board size, audit size and CSED. The study
concluded that an effective board with higher number
of non executive directors (independent directors) and
larger size and higher quality audits will be more
supportive of firms disclosing a wider range of
information to stakeholders including social and
environmental information
The design and use of performance measurement innovations and organizational outcomes in Nigerian listed companies
Performance measurement innovations (PMI) provide frameworks for the improvement of organizational performance. While developed economies have widely accepted PMI, little is known about their design and use in developing economies. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the design and use of PMI and organizational outcomes among listed firms in Nigeria. Partial least squares structural
equation modeling was adopted for the analysis using cross-sectional survey data comprising 126 corporate managers in the sampled listed companies. The results showed that all the path coefficients for design of PMI and customer perspective (β = 0.325, p < 0.0001), financial (β = 0.314, p < 0.0001), internal business process (β = 0.346, p < 0.0001), and learning and growth perspectives (β = 0.367, p < 0.0001) were significantly positive. This suggests that designing performance measures to include a diversity of measurement incorporating financial and non-financial measures would positively affect organizational outcomes. Besides, diagnostic use was found to have a negative effect on customer perspective (β = –0.315, p < 0.01), while the interactive use (β = 0.411, p < 0.01) of PMI demonstrated a positive effect on it. This implies that using PMIs in a diagnostic manner brings about a negative image of the customer perspective, but it is divergent for interactive us
MANDATORY ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS (IFRS) BY NIGERIAN LISTED BANKS: ANY IMPLICATION FOR VALUE RELEVANCE?
In January 2012 Nigeria adopted IFRS. Sequel to that adoption, the pressing question agitating the minds
of researchers as well as other stakeholders in financial reporting is whether the mandatory adoption of
IFRS has given rise to an enhanced value relevance (or quality) of financial information in Nigerian banks.
To address this, we relied on the fundamental Ohlson (1995) model which has also been severally employed
in prior researches. By means of criterion based sampling technique, we selected 13 out of the 21 listed
commercial banks in Nigeria for our study. Our findings revealed that Book Value of Equity (BVE) and
Earnings per Share (EPS) are positively associated with share price. We also observed that BVE is less
associated with share price than EPS. We recommended inter alia that sustainable development of Nigerian
Stock Exchange (NSE) can be boosted through credible financial information. When the integrity of the
Financial Report is being threatened, investors (both local and international) are likely to shun or shrink
from investing adequately in Nigerian Capital Marke