Essien, Iniabasi and Ukpong, Eno Gregory and Akinninyi, Patrick Edet (2023) Corporate Attributes as Correlates of Social Accounting Reporting: The Mediating Role of CEO Education. European Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Finance Research, 11 (9). pp. 43-57. ISSN 2053-4086(Print), 2053-4094(Online)
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Abstract
This study determined the moderating effect of corporate attributes and social accounting reporting: the moderating role of chief executive officers’ educational qualification in Nigeria. This study adopted ex-post facto research design. Simple random sampling technique to sample listed consumer and health companies. Secondary data derived from the financial statements of listed healthcare and consumer’s firms were reviewed for the study for the period 2017-2021. The data set was first subjected to pre-regression analyses which include descriptive statistics analyses, correlation analyses and the test for normality of residua. Logistic regression was used for the data analysis. Findings of the study revealed there is a significant moderating effect of CEO educational qualification on the influence of firm size, leverage and board size on financial, social reporting disclosures of listed Nigerian companies. It was recommended that company boards should factor in CEO educational qualifications when choosing a chief executive for the company. Also, Organizations must set up market measures and parameters that will empower them to be educated about being socially and environmentally responsible to make corporate social responsibility fruitful and to make industrial products meet anticipated economic, social and environmental needs.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Depositing User: | Professor Mark T. Owen |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Aug 2023 21:16 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Aug 2023 21:16 |
| URI: | https://tudr.org/id/eprint/2124 |
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