This study aimed to explore the expected effect of applying the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17 Insurance Contracts on the quality of financial reports. The study followed the exploratory descriptive analytical approaches. A questionnaire was developed and distributed to a sample of 120 financial employees in all insurance companies in Jordan. It concluded that the expected impact of applying the standard on the quality of financial reports was significant, especially on the comparability of financial reports, and faithful representation. It was found that there is an expected, statistically significant and positive effect between the application of the standard, and the quality of financial reports in general, and the expected influence of applying the standard and each of comparability, faithful representation, relevance, verifiability, timely, and understandability respectively. The study recommends the application of the standard in the specified time, work to create appropriate conditions, and the need to follow objective assumptions from the company's management for the estimation of cash flows when applying the standard.
The aim linked with the present article is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibilities and board diversity on the earning management of the Jordanian listed firms. The top twelve trading listed firms have been selected from the Jordan stock exchange and data has been extracted from 2011 to 2020. The robust standard error along with the generalized method of moment (GMM) has been used for the analysis purpose. The results indicated that corporate social responsibilities and board diversity have a positive association with earning management of the Jordanian firm. These findings are suitable for the regulators while formulating policies on the corporate social responsibilities and earning management of the firm. These findings have guided the policymakers that they should enhance their focus on the corporate social responsibilities that enhance the earning management of the company. This study is also helpful for the new researcher while investigating this area in the future.
Intellectual capital or knowledge has become a lifeline for all business organizations and companies. It plays a key role in the survival and the continuation of these organizations. Companies need to report their competitive position in the business environment, but organizations and companies find it difficult to measure for intellectual capital, as well as to define intellectual capital and the accounting methods to measure and display it in financial statements. The process of measuring intellectual capital and disclosure represents a major challenge for accountants. There is an urgent need to find measured accounting standards and develop the ones existing for some elements of this capital as the decision makers at the present time are in dire need of information on the elements of intellectual capital and the cost of these items and returns achieved by each element. Therefore, this research tried to review the theories regarding the concept of intellectual capital and accounting mechanisms that could be adopted to measure and present it. In addition to this, a special questionnaire for major companies in Jordan was prepared to find out their views about the importance and efficacy of this important resource. One of the most important research recommendations is the need for accountants to be aware and understand the nature and importance of intellectual capital in creating competitive value for shareholding companies in all their types and the need to develop models for the measurement of intellectual capital in companies that combine the indicators of financial and non-financial indicators.
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