Corporate disclosure and disseminaton of human resources investment information / Zubaidah Zainal Abidin and Dennis Taylor

This study seeks to bring three theoretical perspectives to bear on uncovering motives for the disclosure of human resource (HR) investment related information in corporate annual reports. Institutional, agency and resource-dependency theories of organizational behaviour are used to support argumen...

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Main Authors: Zainal Abidin, Zubaidah, Dennis, Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2002
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13697/1/AJ_ZUBAIDAH%20ZAINAL%20ABIDIN%20MAR%2002.pdf
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description This study seeks to bring three theoretical perspectives to bear on uncovering motives for the disclosure of human resource (HR) investment related information in corporate annual reports. Institutional, agency and resource-dependency theories of organizational behaviour are used to support arguments about attitudes of finance managers and HR managers to such disclosure decisions. Drawing from listed companies in Malaysia, a field survey was conducted amongst the finance and HR managers of those companies. Malaysia is particularly suitable for this study because corporations have relatively high levels of investment in human resources (mainly training and development expenditure) due to federal government subsidies. The survey results reveal contrasts in the significance of relationships between institutional, agency and resource dependency-driven variables and the extent of corporate disclosure ofHR information. Multiple-theory modelling implications for studies of corporate disclosures, as well as practical implications of the findings for the voluntary corporate reporting of HR information, are discussed.
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spelling oai:ir.uitm.edu.my:136972016-07-21T09:01:52Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13697/ Corporate disclosure and disseminaton of human resources investment information / Zubaidah Zainal Abidin and Dennis Taylor mar Zainal Abidin, Zubaidah Dennis, Taylor This study seeks to bring three theoretical perspectives to bear on uncovering motives for the disclosure of human resource (HR) investment related information in corporate annual reports. Institutional, agency and resource-dependency theories of organizational behaviour are used to support arguments about attitudes of finance managers and HR managers to such disclosure decisions. Drawing from listed companies in Malaysia, a field survey was conducted amongst the finance and HR managers of those companies. Malaysia is particularly suitable for this study because corporations have relatively high levels of investment in human resources (mainly training and development expenditure) due to federal government subsidies. The survey results reveal contrasts in the significance of relationships between institutional, agency and resource dependency-driven variables and the extent of corporate disclosure ofHR information. Multiple-theory modelling implications for studies of corporate disclosures, as well as practical implications of the findings for the voluntary corporate reporting of HR information, are discussed. Faculty of Accountancy & Accounting Research Institute (ARI) 2002 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13697/1/AJ_ZUBAIDAH%20ZAINAL%20ABIDIN%20MAR%2002.pdf Corporate disclosure and disseminaton of human resources investment information / Zubaidah Zainal Abidin and Dennis Taylor. (2002) Malaysian Accounting Review <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Accounting_Review/>, 1 (1). pp. 51-70. ISSN 1675-4077 https://mar.uitm.edu.my/
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