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Introduction
Main purpose :-
To explore the perception of various user groups of
financial information about corporate annual
reporting in Kuwait.
Corporate information
individual investors and stock market
brokers indicated that information
directly obtained from the company
is their most important source of
corporate information.
3) Characteristics of useful corporate
information
Directors 306 2.88* 2.52 2.61 2.64 2.89 2.24 2.69 3.11 2.69 0.80 4
report
Financial 306 4.07 4.38 4.17 3.59 3.97 3.45 4.18 3.91 3.96 0.68 1
statements
Auditor’s 306 4.07 4.33 4.11 3.56 3.97 3.39 4.10 3.80 3.93 0.71 2
report
Notes to 306 3.66 4.10 4.03 3.56 3.89 3.18 3.95 2.94 3.67 1.02 3
financial
statements
Kendall’s 0.15 0.20 0.36 0.47 0.22 0.45 0.42 0.45 0.27
coefficient of
concordance
W
(mean
Values)
iii) Importance
credibility Freq 1n=(41) 2n=(36) 3n=(36) 4n=(39) 5n=(36) 6n=(38) 7n=(39) 8n=(35) Mean SD Rank
Auditors 4.5 1
306 4.38 4.17 3.59 3.97 3.45 4.18 3.91 3.96 0.68
reports
Income 4.8 3
306 4.10 4.03 3.56 3.89 3.18 3.95 2.94 3.67 1.02
statement
Returned 306 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.7 0.6 2
earning
statement
Cash flow 306 4.6 4.4 4.8 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 0.5 2
statement
Note to the 306 3.9 4.8 4.6 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.1 1.1 6
account
Kendalls 306 0.16 0.21 0.38 0.51 0.23 0.50 0.44 0.50 0.28
coefficient
concordance
W
iv)Timeliness
Timeliness of information is one of the main aspects of
relevance.