2008
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9658-z
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Factors Influencing Social Responsibility Disclosure by Portuguese Companies

Abstract: annual reports, internet, legitimacy theory, resource-based perspectives, social responsibility disclosure, Portugal,

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“…Thus, this finding offers empirical support for our multitheoretical framework. Specifically, this finding suggests that as a powerful stakeholder (stakeholder theory) and given the Saudi government's (through the CMA) formal support for the recommendations of Saudi CG Code (Alshehri & Solomon, 2012;CMA, 2006), Saudi companies with high government ownership tend to actively seek to win government support (Deegan, 2002;Ntim & Soobaroyen, 2013a, 2013b by complying with the Saudi CG Code's provisions through increased disclosure of CG practices that may not only help in legitimizing (legitimacy theory) their operations (Ashforth & Gibbs, 1990; M. C. Unerman, 1995) but also secure access to critical resources (resource dependence theory; Branco & Rodrigues, 2008;Reverte, 2009), such as finance that can enhance performance. Also, agency theory suggests that increased disclosure of CG practices can help resolve agency problems between managers and government as an influential shareholder (Core, 2001;Jensen & Meckling, 1976).…”
Section: Empirical Results From Multivariate Regression Analysesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thus, this finding offers empirical support for our multitheoretical framework. Specifically, this finding suggests that as a powerful stakeholder (stakeholder theory) and given the Saudi government's (through the CMA) formal support for the recommendations of Saudi CG Code (Alshehri & Solomon, 2012;CMA, 2006), Saudi companies with high government ownership tend to actively seek to win government support (Deegan, 2002;Ntim & Soobaroyen, 2013a, 2013b by complying with the Saudi CG Code's provisions through increased disclosure of CG practices that may not only help in legitimizing (legitimacy theory) their operations (Ashforth & Gibbs, 1990; M. C. Unerman, 1995) but also secure access to critical resources (resource dependence theory; Branco & Rodrigues, 2008;Reverte, 2009), such as finance that can enhance performance. Also, agency theory suggests that increased disclosure of CG practices can help resolve agency problems between managers and government as an influential shareholder (Core, 2001;Jensen & Meckling, 1976).…”
Section: Empirical Results From Multivariate Regression Analysesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, previous studies were of great help in defining the disclosure topics employed in the study (e.g. see Adams et al, 1998;Bolívar, 2009;Branco and Rodrigues, 2008;Gallego-Alvarez, 2008;Gray et al, 1995;Hackston and Milne, 1996;Holder-Webb et al, 2009;Patten, 1991;Purushothaman et al, 2000;Ratanajongkol et al, 2006;Rowbottom and Lymer, 2009;Sobhani et al, 2009;Williams and Pei, 1999).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A divulgação de informações sobre a responsabilidade social contribui para a construção de uma imagem positiva da empresa para os Stakeholders (Branco & Rodrigues, 2008), porque a divulgação pode influenciar a percepção da sociedade sobre a reputação da empresa.…”
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