Governance issues on earning management: A case of manufacturing industry

• Published in: Universal Journal of Accounting and Finance
• Main Author: Paino H.; Iskandar T.I.T.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Horizon Research Publishing 2021
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85120826581&doi=10.13189%2fujaf.2021.090635&partnerID=40&md5=3833f7c47f4073ae91c85951246f591a

Earnings management is a technique used by the management of an organization to intentionally manipulate a company's profits in such a way that the figures suit the agreed target and to generate financial results that provide an excessively optimistic view of the company's operation and finances. Due to poor performance, companies are using different strategies to exploit and provide a positive picture of financial and management profitability to look better in the eyes of shareholders and stakeholders, and this is generally referred to as earnings management. This study aims to examine the potential factors of pressure (financial stability and financial target), opportunity (board independence and audit committee), and arrogance (CEO duality and the CEO's picture) that cause earnings management in manufacturing companies in Malaysia. This study used organizations as the unit of analysis while manufacturing companies from the Public Listed Companies (PLCs) were chosen as the research sample. This study found that the proxies of board independence, audit committee, and CEO's picture have a positive relationship with earnings management. Adversely, the indicators of financial stability, financial target, and CEO duality have negative effects on the incidence of earnings management. © 2021 by authors.