Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili

Corporate internet reporting is a platform for the organization to communicate to their stakeholders by using internet as the intermediary. Corporate internet reporting offers several advantages for the organization to reach it audience globally and locally. This study observed the level of disclosu...

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Main Author: Suhaili, Rasimah
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28461/1/28461.pdf
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description Corporate internet reporting is a platform for the organization to communicate to their stakeholders by using internet as the intermediary. Corporate internet reporting offers several advantages for the organization to reach it audience globally and locally. This study observed the level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among the listed companies in Malaysia. The study was conducted involving 233 companies listed on the Main Market and ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia as at January 2019. The literature review was concentrated on the overview of corporate internet reporting together with the independent variables namely, firm size, firm performance and ownership structure. This research observed the content analysis of the companies' corporate website and the annual reports for the year ended 2017. The intention was to investigate whether the independent variables play vital roles in influencing the level of corporate internet reporting. Correlation analysis and multiple regressions analysis were used to analyze the data in this study. The result revealed the level of corporate internet reporting disclosure in Malaysia is still very much at the moderate level. In addition, the firm sizes hows positive and significant relationship towards corporate internet reporting. However, the firm performance shows a positive but insignificant relationship. Finally, the ownership structure revealed that there was no relationship towards corporate internet reporting. The findings of this research suggest that the companies should disclose more real time information on the corporate website since it will attract potential investors and build a great image for the company.
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spelling uitm.eprints-84612023-12-28T08:51:13Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28461/ Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili Suhaili, Rasimah Electronic commerce Technology and law Corporate internet reporting is a platform for the organization to communicate to their stakeholders by using internet as the intermediary. Corporate internet reporting offers several advantages for the organization to reach it audience globally and locally. This study observed the level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among the listed companies in Malaysia. The study was conducted involving 233 companies listed on the Main Market and ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia as at January 2019. The literature review was concentrated on the overview of corporate internet reporting together with the independent variables namely, firm size, firm performance and ownership structure. This research observed the content analysis of the companies' corporate website and the annual reports for the year ended 2017. The intention was to investigate whether the independent variables play vital roles in influencing the level of corporate internet reporting. Correlation analysis and multiple regressions analysis were used to analyze the data in this study. The result revealed the level of corporate internet reporting disclosure in Malaysia is still very much at the moderate level. In addition, the firm sizes hows positive and significant relationship towards corporate internet reporting. However, the firm performance shows a positive but insignificant relationship. Finally, the ownership structure revealed that there was no relationship towards corporate internet reporting. The findings of this research suggest that the companies should disclose more real time information on the corporate website since it will attract potential investors and build a great image for the company. 2019 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28461/1/28461.pdf Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili. (2019) Masters thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.
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Technology and law
Suhaili, Rasimah
Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili
title Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili
title_full Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili
title_fullStr Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili
title_short Factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in Malaysia / Rasimah Suhaili
title_sort factors influencing level of disclosure of corporate internet reporting among listed companies in malaysia rasimah suhaili
topic Electronic commerce
Technology and law
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28461/1/28461.pdf
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