An international perspective on audit report lag: A synthesis of the literature and opportunities for future research

JL Abernathy, M Barnes, C Stefaniak… - … Journal of Auditing, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Audit report lag (ARL) is the length of time from a company's fiscal year‐end to the audit
report date, and is often viewed as the most important financial reporting timeliness …

The impact of board and audit committee characteristics on voluntary disclosure: A meta-analysis

K Samaha, H Khlif, K Hussainey - Journal of International Accounting …, 2015 - Elsevier
We apply meta-analysis to a sample of 64 empirical studies to identify potential moderators
to the relationship between board, audit committee characteristics and voluntary disclosure …

Determinants of audit report lag: A meta‐analysis

A Habib, MBU Bhuiyan, HJ Huang… - International journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a meta‐analysis of the determinants of audit report lag, defined as the
period between a company's fiscal year end and the audit report date. We group the meta …

Social science research: From field to desk

B Czarniawska - 2014 - torrossa.com
'Written with much wry humor, the book–which is filled with practical advice, from how to treat
sources, to why correct referencing is important–will be as enjoyable for an experienced …

The extent of corporate governance disclosure and its determinants in a developing market: The case of Egypt

K Samaha, K Dahawy, K Hussainey, P Stapleton - Advances in Accounting, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper assesses the extent of corporate governance voluntary disclosure and the impact
of a comprehensive set of corporate governance (CG) attributes (board composition, board …

Determinants of audit report lag: evidence from Palestine

YM Hassan - Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to employ agency theory to identify the determinants
of the audit delay among Palestinian companies listed on Palestine Stock Exchange (PSE) …

Corporate boards and ownership structure as antecedents of corporate governance disclosure in Saudi Arabian publicly listed corporations

WM Al-Bassam, CG Ntim, KK Opong… - Business & …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates whether and to what extent publicly listed corporations voluntarily
comply with and disclose recommended good corporate governance (CG) practices, and …

Determinants of audit report lag: Does implementing corporate governance have any impact? Empirical evidence from Egypt

HAE Afify - Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 2009 - emerald.com
Purpose–There are three main purposes of this study which are: first, to review the literature
on audit report lag (ARL) and its determinants; second, to measure the extent of ARL in a …

Audit and reporting delays: Evidence from an emerging market

J Al-Ajmi - Advances in Accounting, 2008 - Elsevier
This article reports the results of an empirical investigation of the timeliness of annual reports
of an unbalanced panel of 231 firms-years of financial and nonfinancial companies listed on …

The impact of corporate governance on the timeliness of corporate internet reporting by Egyptian listed companies

A Ezat, A El‐Masry - Managerial finance, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose–This study seeks to examine the key factors that affect the timeliness of corporate
internet reporting (CIR) by the Egyptian listed corporations on the Cairo and Alexandria …