TY  - CHAP
AB  - Conceptual PaperPurpose of paper – The study investigates the association between corporate governance mechanisms (proportion of finance experts on the audit committee, PFAC; frequency of board meetings, FBMG and proportion of non-executive directors, PNED), dual language reporting (DULR) (in English and Swahili) and timeliness of annual reports (TIME) of companies listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) in Kenya.Design/methodology/approach – The data for the analysis is gathered from annual reports of 36 companies listed on the NSE for two financial years ending in 2005 and 2006. Ordinary least square (OLS) is used to determine the association between the corporate governance mechanisms, DULR and TIME. Company size (SIZE), gearing (GEAR), profitability (PROF) and industry (INDS) are used as control variables.Findings – The findings suggest that there is a significant negative relationship between corporate governance mechanisms (PFAC and FBMG), DURL and TIME. Consistent with extant research, the study also found that SIZE and INDS are significantly associated with TIME. No significant association is found between PNED, GEAR, PROF and TIME.Research limitations/implications – The findings of the research will help Kenyan policy makers and practitioners in formulating corporate governance policies. However our research is limited, among others, because it focuses on only companies listed on the NSE. The results may therefore not be representative of all companies operating in Kenya.Originality/Value of paper – The value of the paper lies in that the results provide, for the first time, evidence of the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms (PFAC, FBMG and PNED), DURL and timeliness of the annual reports.
VL  - 8
SN  - 978-1-84855-252-4, 978-1-84855-253-1/1479-3563
DO  - 10.1016/S1479-3563(08)08001-8
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3563(08)08001-8
AU  - Tauringana Venancio
AU  - Kyeyune Martin Francis
AU  - Opio Peter John
ED  - Mathew Tsamenyi
ED  - Shahzad Uddin
PY  - 2008
Y1  - 2008/01/01
TI  - Corporate governance, dual language reporting and the timeliness of annual reports on the Nairobi stock exchange
T2  - Corporate Governance in Less Developed and Emerging Economies
T3  - Research in Accounting in Emerging Economies
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 13
EP  - 37
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -