An empirical investigation of corporate social responsibility by Malaysian public listed companies a panel data approach
This paper explores the level of social disclosure among the top 100 Malaysian listed companies. This study focuses on Malaysian companies because the Malaysian stock market is considered to be one of the largest stock market in terms of market capitalization in the Asia. Furthermore prior related e...
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my.uum.repo.59722013-07-18T07:03:02Z http://repo.uum.edu.my/5972/ An empirical investigation of corporate social responsibility by Malaysian public listed companies a panel data approach Abdul Hamid, Fathilatul Zakimi Abdul Rahman, Azhar Che Ahmad, Ayoib Ismail, Mohamad Sharofi HD Industries. Land use. Labor This paper explores the level of social disclosure among the top 100 Malaysian listed companies. This study focuses on Malaysian companies because the Malaysian stock market is considered to be one of the largest stock market in terms of market capitalization in the Asia. Furthermore prior related empirical work largely focused on Western and developed countries. The main contribution of this study is the introduction of panel data analysis as opposed to traditional cross sectional analysis to demonstrate its potential to improve estimation. The panel data analysis shows that size and industry classification appears significantly influence to the disclosure practice. Moreover, legitimacy theory can be employed to explain the differences related to CSR disclosure theme, size and individual membership. However, weak relationship for profitability, age incorporated and government ownership against CSR disclosure. The implication of these findings may be explored in further research. Universiti Utara Malaysia 2004 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://repo.uum.edu.my/5972/1/CORPORATE_SOCIAL_RESPONSIBILITY_BY_MALAYSIAN_FIRMS.pdf Abdul Hamid, Fathilatul Zakimi and Abdul Rahman, Azhar and Che Ahmad, Ayoib and Ismail, Mohamad Sharofi (2004) An empirical investigation of corporate social responsibility by Malaysian public listed companies a panel data approach. Discussion Paper. Universiti Utara Malaysia, Sintok. (Unpublished) http://lintas.uum.edu.my:8080/elmu/index.jsp?module=webopac-l&action=fullDisplayRetriever.jsp&szMaterialNo=0000234793 |
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This paper explores the level of social disclosure among the top 100 Malaysian listed companies. This study focuses on Malaysian companies because the Malaysian stock market is considered to be one of the largest stock market in terms of market capitalization in the Asia. Furthermore prior related empirical work largely focused on Western and developed countries. The main contribution of this study is the introduction of panel data analysis as opposed to traditional cross sectional analysis to demonstrate its potential to improve estimation. The panel data analysis shows that size and industry classification appears significantly influence to the disclosure practice. Moreover, legitimacy theory can be employed to explain the differences related to CSR disclosure theme, size and individual membership. However, weak relationship for profitability, age incorporated and government ownership against CSR disclosure. The implication of these findings may be explored in further research. |
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An empirical investigation of corporate social responsibility by Malaysian public listed companies a panel data approach |
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An empirical investigation of corporate social responsibility by Malaysian public listed companies a panel data approach |
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An empirical investigation of corporate social responsibility by Malaysian public listed companies a panel data approach |
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