Purpose Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) are required to establish a Shariīʿah Governance Framework (SGF) to strengthen their Sharīʿah-compliance mechanism and ensure that all relevant IFI regulations are in line with Sharīʿah rules and principles. Effective implementation of the...

Purpose: This study examines the moderating impact of corporate governance quality on the relation between CEO bonus compensation and accounting conservatism. Design/methodology/approach: We use market-based and accrual-based measures to estimate accounting conservatism. According to prior...

Purpose The existence of internal control for Sharīʿah-compliance promotes reasonable assurance that the Islamic financial institution's (IFI's) objectives are achieved in the following categories, namely, the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, the reliability of financial reporting...

We examine the impact of corporate risk-taking on firm-level real earnings management. We find that firms with higher risk-taking engage in higher real earnings management. Our results are robust to a series of robustness tests, including simultaneous least squares approach, firm fixed effect,...

Objective: The objective of this article is to examine the value of academics as board members. Using upper echelons theory to explain how top management's characteristics affect corporate decision-making, we particularly investigated whether academics as independent directors contribute to firm...

The goal of the current study is to determine how the internal control system (ICS) in Jordanian Islamic banks affects the link between the accounting information system (AIS) and employee performance (EP). The study's target audience is actual Jordanian Islamic Bank workers, and a sample of 92...

Purpose The main purpose of this research is to figure out the most effective determinants that play a vital role in enhancing the effectiveness of the internal Sharīʿah audit in the Islamic banking industry. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews the existing literature to build...

This study aims to examine the perception of government employees about the association of the culture of compliance in information technology (IT) on the service quality, accountability, and transparency through effective IT governance (ITG) as an intervening variable. This study was carried...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the relationship between the composition of Shariʿah supervisory boards (independence and frequency of meetings) and the performance of Islamic banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Design/methodology/approach The study developed a...