Date of Award

2024-05-01

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Business Administration

Advisor(s)

Yun Ke

Abstract

This article examines the effects of staggered boards on human capital management (HCM) disclosure quality. I find that firms with staggered boards exhibit significantly better HCM disclosure scores than non-staggered boards. Additionally, firms that transition from staggered boards to non-staggered boards are shown to experience significant decreases in their HCM disclosure scores. These results are robust to the exclusion of firms that switch to or from staggered boards to non-staggered boards, propensity score matching, and alternative disclosure quality measures. While various cross-sections and the usefulness of HCM disclosure information for analyst forecasts are explored, the results were not significant.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

78 p.

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Xue Yang

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Accounting Commons

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