Iman Harymawan

Airlangga University | UNAIR · Department of Accounting

Purpose A company needs to use auditing procedures to ensure the reliability of financial statements while also providing transparency to stakeholders. The extent of risk associated with the company depends on the directors’ involvement in its daily operations. This paper aims to study the relationship between busy chief executive officers (CEOs) a...

Purpose This study investigates the relationship between companies with military directors and audit fees in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach Using upper echelon and audit pricing theories, the authors examine military directors' roles in the demand for and supply of auditing services. The authors use Indonesia as their research setting as t...

This article aims to analyse the relationship between the chief executive and financial officer (CEO and CFO) from reputable universities and capital structure. We use least-square regression using 3,003 firm-year observations of companies listed in Indonesia from all industries except the financial sector from 2010 to 2019. Consistent with the hyp...

Purpose This study aims to investigate the presence of the audit partner ethnicity on audit fees within the Indonesian context. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of 803 firm-year observations from the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period of 2014–2018. The study uses fixed-effect regression analysis to examine the relationship b...

Purpose: This study analyzes the relationship between CEO facial masculinity and the readability of management discussion and analysis reports (MDA). Furthermore, this study examines the interaction between CEO busyness and age in this relationship.Method: Cluster regression with fixed effects was used to examine 1,569 firm-years of non-financial f...

Purpose How does the internal audit function make external auditors work more efficiently at the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic? This study examines the relationship between internal audit function, audit report lag and audit fee at the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This study uses data from all public fir...

This paper investigates the influence of COVID-19 exposure and China exposure disclosed by companies in their annual reports on firm value. Research data were obtained from annual reports. The study used observations of 430 companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2019 and analyzed using ordinary least squares (OLS) with fixed indust...

Purpose Auditors’ skills and knowledge of data analytics and big data can influence their judgment at the audit planning stage. At this stage, the auditor will determine the level of audit risk and estimate how long the audit will take. This study aims to test whether big data and data analytics affect auditors’ judgment by adopting the cognitive f...

This paper examines the relationship between tenure diversity, corporate innovation, and carbon emission performance in developing countries, with a particular focus on the interaction model of corporate innovation in the nexus. The study is conducted in a unique setting of Indonesian firms with a high level of tenure diversity and carbon performan...

This study aims to analyze the hybridization that occurs in waqf institutions. We combine a literature review, a case study, and expert opinions. The case study was conducted at the Indonesian Muslim University Waqf Foundation (YWUMI). Case study data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews with 11 respondents. Requests for ex...

The present paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between CEO facial masculinity and tax avoidance. We use data from non-financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2010–2019. The findings suggest that the CEO facial masculinity is positively associated with tax avoidance, which is one of the ris...

This study investigates the disclosure level of sustainability report in telecommunication industry. This study specifically compares the disclosure level of companies in Indonesia and Malaysia using Global Reporting Initiative format template. The study compares the published reports between 2014 to 2016 periods. The results reveal that the disclo...

This research examines the relationship between politically connected independent commissioners and independent directors on firm performance. The sample are all listed companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2010–2017. In this study, we employ the ordinary least squares (OLS) regression model and Heckman’s 2SLS test to handle the prob...

This study aimed to analyze the relationship between the director pay slice and firm financial performance. This study used 1024 observations from companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2011 to 2019. The analytical technique used in this study was ordinary least square regression with a cluster model approach and fixed effects using...

This study aims to examine the relationship of military connections in the form of company commissioners with retired military backgrounds to the selection of industrial specialist auditors. The sample selection technique we use is a purposive sampling technique with several criteria. This study uses a sample of 618 public companies listed on the I...

This paper aims to examines the relationship between professional corporate secretary expertise and annual report readability of 1,476 observations from all companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2014-2018 using OLS Regression with STATA 15.0. The findings obtained from this research are the legal expertise possessed by the corporate...

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the effect of voluntary risk management disclosure (VRMD) and the existence of a risk management committee (RMC) on firm value. Design/Methods/Approach: The research sample is companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for 2016, with 136 observations. The data obtained are based on annual reports. This...

The geographic proximity has faced challenges with the existence of COVID-19 pandemic since 2019. This study aimed to scrutinize the effect of geographic proximity and audit quality by using COVID-19 pandemic as a moderating variable to compare before and after the situation. The samples of this study were Indonesian listed companies from 2018 to 2...

Aim of the article The main purpose of this article was to investigate the impact of the determinants of profitability on the commercial banks in Asian countries. An Asian country like Bangladesh and India was selected as the research field. The present study also pursues to examine the impact of specific factors and macroeconomic factors on the pr...

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between the educational background of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) from reputable universities and financial reporting quality (FRQ). Educational background is divided into two categories: an undergraduate degree from a reputable university and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree f...

This study examines the investment efficiency of firms engaging in tax avoidance in Indonesia. We test 2064 firm-year observations of Indonesian listed firms from 2010–2019 and document a positive relationship between tax avoidance and investment efficiency. This study also considers a unique setting of Indonesia as one of the few developing countr...

Based on inconsistent with previous research, this study aims to prove the effect of the board of directors’ diversity factors on the firm value through the sustainability report disclosure as the mediating variables empirically, this study aims to prove the effect of the board of director’s diversity factors on the firm value through the sustainab...

This research examined the relationship between politically connected companies and the readability of the company's MD&A. Our results show that in the Indonesian setting, the experience of parliamentarians (DPR, MPR), regional heads and local government officials at the company executive level plays an important role in the readability of a compan...

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between the presence of ex-auditor chief executive officers (CEOs) and ex-auditor chief financial officers (CFOs) with the company's investment efficiency decisions. Design/methodology/approach The authors use non-financial Indonesian listed firms, and the authors obtain 2,763 firm-year observati...

This study examines the relationship between ex-auditor CEOs in companies and corporate social responsibility disclosure in the Indonesian setting, where the presence of ex-auditor CEOs is increasing every year. We use the sample of 581 firm-year observations from 106 firms that published sustainability reports on the Indonesian Stock Exchange from...

Dampak perubahan iklim, seperti pandemi, gelombang panas, kenaikan permukaan air laut, banjir, kekeringan, dan kebakaran hutan, memicu munculnya fenomena yang merugikan pelaku sektor usaha. Kerugian tersebut berupa supply shock, kesulitan keuangan, penurunan upah rill, penurunan daya beli konsumen, dan kerugian-kerugian lainnya. Selain menghadapi a...

This study examines the association between CEO duality, CEO ownership and financial footnotes readability. The data were collected from 1,469 non-financial firms listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) between 2010 and 2018. Using ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, this study unveiled a negative and significant relationship between CEO...

The purpose of this paper is to review COVID-19 and Accounting research published during the pandemic up to February 2021. This study is a literature review that focuses on articles related to COVID-19 and accounting. This study uses articles sourced from the Scopus database. This study discusses COVID-19 in relation to the financial market, corpor...

We find that the readability of financial footnotes and risk management committees contributes to audit fees. We use observations from 758 companies listed in Indonesia for 2014–2018, and moderated regression analysis is used for statistical analysis. The results show that the readability of financial footnotes will affect audit fees paid, and RMC...

Purpose Without a doubt, COVID-19 is a disruptive event that one may not consider before it becomes a global pandemic. This study aims to examine the firm’s risk preference, represented as board characteristics towards COVID-19 exposure in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the boardroom’s average value of board age and female...

Purpose Joint board management meetings bring boards of directors and top management teams together to share information and discuss company matters. The authors investigate whether these joint meetings are associated with higher agency costs or information sharing benefits in the context of firm earnings management. Design/methodology/approach Us...

Indonesia has a thin capitalization policy since 2015. It restricts the maximum interest expense that can be deductible from corporate tax payable. This paper discusses the association between boards with military background and the debt policy of firms, taking into account the thin capitalization policy. This study used a sample of 2,330 firm-year...

Penelitian ini dimotivasi belum adanya peraturan tentang Market Maker yang menimbulkan asimetri informasi, dan permainan harga oleh market maker, khususnya market maker dalam grup perusahaan. Kasus kejahatan dibursa saham Indonesia melibatkan lebih dari satu perusahaan sekuritas sebagai market maker. Hasil riset sebelumnya terjadi gap terkait volum...

This research is motivated by the absence of regulations regarding Market Makers that cause information asymmetry, and price games by market makers, especially market makers in the company group. The crime case in the Indonesian stock exchange involves more than one securities company as a market maker. The results of previous research showed a gap...

The study examines the relationship between board gender diversity and corporate innovation. A Quantitative method with OLS analysis technique, using an 868 samples data observation of Indonesia public companies listed from 2010-2019. This study found that board gender diversity has increased corporate innovation. Furthermore, using a family firm a...

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between CEO busyness and financial reporting quality in a country which implements a two-tier board system. Design/methodology/approach This study includes firms listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange during the 2010–2018 period. This study employs an ordinary least squares regression, the prope...

This study examines the relationship between politically connected independent commissioners and independent directors regarding the cost of debt. The sample is all companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2010–2017 period, totaling 327 companies with a total data value of 1722 firm-year observations. We used the ordinary least squa...

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), which enacted in early 2016, has caused business competition in Indonesia even tighter. This encourages the company to form an ability to innovate in order to achieve unique and superior resources so that competitive superiority can be achieved. This study aims to analyze the effect of innovation on company perfo...

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors face societal stigma. The study aims to analyze the association of this stigma with the mental health and quality of life of COVID-19 survivors. In this cross-sectional study, we observed 547 adults who were previously documented as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) positive by...

Financial statement fraud (fraud) is more difficult to detect than the error because the employee or management is trying to hide the fraud. The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of internal auditor experience and internal control disclosure on fraud. The dependent variable in this study was fraud, while the independent variable wa...

The purpose of this study is to find out the effect of firm size and firm age on the management discussion and analysis (MD&A) report readability of companies in developing countries. This study uses a sample of 568 observations from 550 listed firms on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2016 to examine how the firm size and firm age affect...

Purpose-This study examined the effect of different types of politically connected (PCON) Malaysian firms on analysts' forecast accuracy and dispersion. Design/methodology/approach-The study identified different types of PCON firms according to Wong and Hooy's (2018) classification, which divided political connections into government-linked compani...

Research aims: This study examines the relationship between political connections and family ownership toward CSR activities disclosure. Design/Methodology/Approach: This study employed 624 Indonesian public companies on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) list for 2010-2018. The researchers used OLS (Ordinary Least Squares) regression by conside...

This study investigates the effect of sharia firms on the cost of debt in the Indonesian market. We use OLS regression to examine the relationship by applying 1870 data observations of nonfinancial companies registered on the Indonesia Sharia Stock Index (ISSI) during 2012–2018. We found that sharia firms are negatively related to the cost of debt,...

The current crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the global economy hard, causing significant damage to every aspect of the global banking system, and Bangladesh is no exception. For that reason, its performance and profitability have been affected. In this study, we investigate the impact of COVID-19 on the financial performance and prof...

This study aimed at analyzing the impact of Industrial specialization auditor on audit report lag and how the related party transaction affects the relationship between Industrial specialization auditor and audit report lag. This study used 1,897 observations from 353 different firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2017. Industr...

This paper investigates whether gender diversity in the boardroom is associated with corporate cash holdings and whether investor protection moderates the effect of corporate board gender diversity on corporate cash holdings. Using 20,750 firm-year observations from 33 countries, our analyses show that firms with high levels of corporate board gend...

This article examines the relationship between investment efficiency (INVEFF) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting. We posit corporate integration management (CIM), which is reflected by the level of INVEFF, is a crucial driver for the better quality of ESG reporting. But there is a second possibility which ESG reporting is vie...

Background and objective Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) survivors face societal stigma. The study aims to analyze the association of this stigma with the mental health and quality of life of COVID-19 survivors. Methods In this cross-sectional study, we observed 547 adults who were previously documented as severe acute respiratory syndrome cor...

This research examines the relationship between the risk management committee and textual risk disclosure. Textual risk disclosure is measured using the use of a risk-contained tone in the annual report. We employed empirical analysis for the Indonesian listed firms for the period 2010 to 2018. The findings of this research suggest that the existen...

Are joint meetings between boards of directors and top management teams associated with better decision making or higher agency costs? We examine formally scheduled joint board-management meetings as a channel for closer interaction between boards of directors and top management teams. Using publicly disclosed data from Indonesian firms, we find th...

Based on the empirical data of heavily polluting companies in Bangladesh from 2010 to 2019, this paper conducts an empirical analysis of changes in the financial background of top management on the performance of social responsibilities of heavily polluting companies. Results from the analysis among 212 listed companies on the Dhaka Stock Exchange...

This study analyzes the relationship between the pessimistic tone in earnings announcements and CSR disclosures interacted by CEO busyness. This study used 191 observations from 74 firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) database from 2016–2019. Grounded in signaling theory, we hypothesize that a pessi...

Based on the empirical data of heavily polluting companies in Bangladesh from 2010 to 2019, this paper conducts an empirical analysis of changes in the financial background of top management on the performance of social responsibilities of heavily polluting companies. Results from the analysis among 212 listed companies on the Dhaka Stock Exchange...

This study examines the relationship between financial distress and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosure. We hypothesize that financially distressed firms are tempted to enhance ESG disclosure as it provides higher performance in terms of financial and market perspectives. ESG disclosure needs substantial resources, which financia...

Companies use disclosure as a strategy to transfer and communicate selected information to stakeholders. This study examines the association between the firm's textual disclosure strategy and cost of debt by looking at the tone and readability of Management Discussion and Analysis (MDandA) reports and using a sample of 1596 Indonesian listed compan...

We find that risk management committees and BIG4 audit firms contribute to audit fees. We use observations of 895 companies registered in Indonesia for 2014–2018, and to answer our hypothesis we used ordinary least squares analysis. The results show that BIG4 weakens the relationship between RMC and audit fees. Our study proves that higher demand f...

Purpose This study examined the effect of different types of politically connected (PCON) Malaysian firms on analysts' forecast accuracy and dispersion. Design/methodology/approach The study identified different types of PCON firms according to Wong and Hooy's (2018) classification, which divided political connections into government-linked compan...

Purpose The study aims to examine the military-connected firms' risk preference, specifically in the innovation intensity level context. The authors argue that firms with military-experienced top management have conservative and risk-averse behavior, influencing the innovation investment policy. Design/methodology/approach The authors use nonfinan...

This article aims to examine the relationship between independent commissioners and nomination and remuneration committee (KNR) and their interaction with directors’ compensation using companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) and ordinary least square regression analysis technique. This study found that independent commissioners negat...

This study aimed to analyze the relationship between busyness, tenure, and the frequency of CEO meetings and corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure. This study used 624 observations from 78 companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) database for the 2010–2018 period. This study indicated tha...

This study examines the quality of financial reporting during the period following the corporate governance reforms in Malaysia, as motivated by the importance of investors’ needs for high-quality financial reporting. Using the asymmetric timeliness of the earnings model, we analysed the sample of 6,819 firm-year observations of Malaysian listed co...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti cash holdings dan tata kelola perusahaan pada perusahaan keluarga. Penelitian ini menggunakan 1023 sampel dari berbagai sektor industri yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (IDX) kecuali sektor industri berkode SIC 6 periode 2014-2016 untuk meneliti bagaimana cash holdings dan tata kelola perusahaan pada pe...

This research aims to analyze the association between the related-party transactions and audit fees. This study used 781 observations listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2017. The analysis technique used in this research was the Ordinary Least Square Regression analysis model processed with STATA 14.0 software. This study found that...

This research aims to examine the relationship between the CEO power and firm value of non-financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2014-2018 period. The samples are 322 observations and selected through purposive sampling method. Data was analyzed using multiple linear analysis methods. The results uncovered that owner...

We investigate whether the risk management committee and independent commissioner contribute to the audit fee. We use 720 observations from Indonesian listed companies for 2015–2018. We use ordinary least square analysis to address our hypotheses. The result shows that the proportion of independent commissioners weakens the relationship between RMC...

The aim of this study was to highlight the key finding of corporate politicalconnections research. This study used 61 previous studies related tocorporate political connections to develop a structured literature review. Itwas found that most studies were conducted in developing countries as theyprovided a unique institutional setting for conduct po...

This study aims to analyze the impact of financial reporting quality on the investment efficiency of a company. The study uses 994 observations from companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in three periods from 2013 to 2015. The findings suggest that higher financial reporting quality has a positive and significant relationship with...

Research aims: The objective of this research is to investigate the level of integrated reporting information disclosure in the annual reports of non-financial public listed companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2017 to 2018, as well as its relationship with corporate governance that measured by the independent board, the board size, b...