Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia

Purpose : The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of corporate governance characteristics on audit report timeliness in Malaysia. The corporate governance characteristics examined are board independence, audit committee size, audit committee meetings and audit committee members’ qualific...

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Main Authors: Puat Nelson, Sherliza, Shukeri, Siti Norwahida
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Language:English
Published: Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011
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spelling iium-66602012-05-22T05:29:39Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/6660/ Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia Puat Nelson, Sherliza Shukeri, Siti Norwahida HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping Purpose : The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of corporate governance characteristics on audit report timeliness in Malaysia. The corporate governance characteristics examined are board independence, audit committee size, audit committee meetings and audit committee members’ qualifications. Design/methodology/approach : The sample comprises of 703 Malaysian listed companies from Bursa Malaysia for the year 2009. It excludes companies from finance related sector as they operate under a highly regulated market under the supervision by the Central Bank of Malaysia. Further, regression analysis was performed to examine the audit report timeliness determinants. Findings : Results show that audit report timeliness is influenced by audit committee size, auditor type, audit opinion and firm profitability. However, no association was found between board independence, audit committee meetings and audit committee members’ qualifications and audit report timeliness. Research limitations/implications : Practical implication may be suggested on a minimum submission period of audit report, and regulators’ support for organisation to have larger audit committee size. Originality/value : The study investigates the impact of corporate governance on audit timeliness, in light of the recent amendments on the Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance made in 2007. Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011-11 Book Chapter PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/6660/1/corporate_governance_and_audit_report.pdf Puat Nelson, Sherliza and Shukeri, Siti Norwahida (2011) Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia. In: Accounting in Asia. Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies (11). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, United Kingdom, pp. 109-127. ISBN 9781780524443 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?chapterid=17004891 10.1108/S1479-3563(2011)0000011010
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Puat Nelson, Sherliza
Shukeri, Siti Norwahida
Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia
description Purpose : The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of corporate governance characteristics on audit report timeliness in Malaysia. The corporate governance characteristics examined are board independence, audit committee size, audit committee meetings and audit committee members’ qualifications. Design/methodology/approach : The sample comprises of 703 Malaysian listed companies from Bursa Malaysia for the year 2009. It excludes companies from finance related sector as they operate under a highly regulated market under the supervision by the Central Bank of Malaysia. Further, regression analysis was performed to examine the audit report timeliness determinants. Findings : Results show that audit report timeliness is influenced by audit committee size, auditor type, audit opinion and firm profitability. However, no association was found between board independence, audit committee meetings and audit committee members’ qualifications and audit report timeliness. Research limitations/implications : Practical implication may be suggested on a minimum submission period of audit report, and regulators’ support for organisation to have larger audit committee size. Originality/value : The study investigates the impact of corporate governance on audit timeliness, in light of the recent amendments on the Malaysian Code of Corporate Governance made in 2007.
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author Puat Nelson, Sherliza
Shukeri, Siti Norwahida
author_facet Puat Nelson, Sherliza
Shukeri, Siti Norwahida
author_sort Puat Nelson, Sherliza
title Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia
title_short Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia
title_full Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia
title_fullStr Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from Malaysia
title_sort corporate governance and audit report timeliness: evidence from malaysia
publisher Emerald Group Publishing Limited
publishDate 2011
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/6660/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/6660/1/corporate_governance_and_audit_report.pdf
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