Integrated reporting quality and BoD characteristics: an empirical analysis

Lucrezia Songini (), Anna Pistoni (), Patrizia Tettamanzi (), Fabrizio Fratini () and Valentina Minutiello ()
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Lucrezia Songini: University of Eastern Piedmont
Anna Pistoni: Insubria University
Patrizia Tettamanzi: Libero Istituto Universitario C.Cattaneo
Fabrizio Fratini: Libero Istituto Universitario C.Cattaneo
Valentina Minutiello: Libero Istituto Universitario C.Cattaneo

Journal of Management & Governance, 2022, vol. 26, issue 2, No 10, 579-620

Abstract: Abstract The amount of literature on IR has grown over the last few years, but while particular attention has been paid to the variables that can play a role in IR adoption, IR quality and its determinants are still the subject of debate. The main determinants of IR quality outlined by the literature are firm size, industry, national context, firm performance, assurance, and to a lesser extent, corporate governance and company ownership structure. However, previous studies have usually reached conflicting results, thus not providing shared conclusions. This paper aims to understand the impact of the Board of Directors’ features on IR quality, evaluated in terms of the degree of compliance between IR content and the guidelines suggested in the IR framework presented by IIRC. The Board’s characteristics considered are size, composition and diversity with regard to board members’ gender, age and level of education. 53 companies were taken into consideration from 2013 to 2016 for a total number of 212 integrated reports. Five research hypotheses were developed. Research findings highlight that IR quality is positively associated with the level of education of board members, and negatively with the presence of women. Moreover, among control variables, profitability (positive relation) and leverage (negative relation) are relevant determinants. Our research findings support the idea that the “quality” of the board members matters more than their “quantity” in increasing IR quality, and that diversity in the board is more relevant than diversity of the board.

Keywords: Integrated reporting; Quality; Board of Directors; Education; Gender; Age (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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