An Investigation on the Audit Committees Effectiveness: The Case for GLCs in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Jamil, Nurul Nazlia, Puat Nelson, Sherliza
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: University Gadjah Mada 2011
• Subjects: H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences; HG4001 Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance.; HM711 Groups and organizations
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/26056/1/GMIJB_pre-print.PDF; http://irep.iium.edu.my/26056/2/sherliza_puat_letter_GMIJB.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/26056/5/An_Investigation_on_the_Audit_Committees_Effectiveness.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/26056/; http://www.gamaijb.mmugm.ac.id/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=59

Financial reporting quality has been under scrutiny especially after the collapse of major companies. The main objective of this study is to investigate the audit committee’s effectiveness on the financial reporting quality among the Malaysian GLCs following the transformation program. In particular...