Corporate social responsibility, board gender diversity and real earnings management: The case of Jordan

BAA Ghaleb, SA Qaderi, A Almashaqbeh… - Cogent Business & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR)
reporting, board gender diversity (BGEND) and real earnings management (REM). It also …

Real earnings management and ESG disclosure in emerging markets: The moderating effect of managerial ownership from a social norm perspective

T Liu, A Abdelbaky, AA Elamer, M Elmahgoub - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Drawing on social norm theory, this study delves into the nexus between real earnings
manipulation (REM) and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure within …

Chief executive officer characteristics and discretionary accruals in an emerging economy

M Altarawneh, R Shafie, R Ishak… - Cogent Business & …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
The main aim of the current study is to examine the effect of Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
characteristics on earnings management proxied by discretionary accruals. The study used …

Predicting risk of and motives behind fraud in financial statements of Jordanian industrial firms using hexagon theory

AA Bader, YA Abu Hajar, SRS Weshah… - Journal of Risk and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
This study intends to identify the motives that lead to increasing or fighting the fraud risk in
the Financial Statements (FSs) of industrial companies whose shares are traded in …

Ownership structure and real earnings management: evidence from an emerging market

SD Al-Duais, M Malek, MA Abdul Hamid… - Journal of Accounting …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate the monitoring role of ownership structure (OWS) on
real earnings management (REM) practices; previous studies primarily examined the effect …

The impact of audit quality on real earnings management in the UK context

SN Chowdhury, Y Eliwa - International Journal of Accounting & …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine whether audit quality influence real
earnings management activities using a sample of UK listed firms that have strong …

Internal audit function and real earnings management practices in an emerging market

BAA Ghaleb, H Kamardin, AA Al-Qadasi - Meditari Accountancy …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to investigate the monitoring role of internal audit function (IAF) on
real earnings management (REM) practices. It examines the effect of investment in IAF (IIAF) …

CEO discretion, political connection and real earnings management in Nigeria

AA Sani, R Abdul Latif, RA Al-Dhamari - Management Research …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of CEO discretion on the real
earnings management and to explore whether the discretion of the CEO to ensure accurate …

Gender board diversity and corporate fraud: empirical evidence from US companies

A Maulidi - Journal of Financial Crime, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of gender board diversity on corporate fraud.
Particularly, it is to gain empirical evidence whether firms with more female corporate …

Management psychological characteristics and earnings management

M Salehi, M Ahmed Jabbar, S Orfizadeh - Journal of Facilities …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study investigates the relationship between management's psychological
characteristics (managers' narcissism, overconfidence and managers' myopia) and earnings …