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Intellectual capital disclosure in the context of corporate governance

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  • Kin Gan
  • Zakiah Saleh
  • Masoud Abessi
  • Ching Choo Huang

Abstract

The study uses content analysis to explore the relationship between board features, audit committee and ownership structures on intellectual capital (IC) disclosure whilst controlling for firm specific characteristics such as firm-size, profitability, leverage and type of auditor. This study also attempts to provide empirical evidence on the influence of corporate governance on voluntary IC information in a developing nation drawing from both the agency and institutional theories. It was found that ownership structure (family-controlled, government-owned and diffused ownership) and audit committee (size of audit committee and financial experts of audit committee members) are able to explain the behavioural practices of the voluntary disclosure of IC. Audit committee and ownership structure were found to influence IC disclosures, suggesting IC disclosures among Malaysian companies can be enhanced by incorporating such information in the corporate governance report. This paper also suggests that guidelines on IC disclosure can perhaps be initiated as a complement to the existing corporate governance report.

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  • Kin Gan & Zakiah Saleh & Masoud Abessi & Ching Choo Huang, 2013. "Intellectual capital disclosure in the context of corporate governance," International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 10(1), pages 52-70.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijlica:v:10:y:2013:i:1:p:52-70
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    Cited by:

    1. Bharathi Kamath, 2019. "Impact of corporate governance characteristics on intellectual capital performance of firms in India," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 16(1), pages 20-36, March.
    2. Muttanachai Suttipun, 2021. "The influence of board composition on environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure of Thai listed companies," International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 18(4), pages 391-402, December.

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