A study of information disclosure of Corporate Governance practices in the sites of closed pension funds

Authors

  • Jorge Expedito de Gusmão Lopes Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE
  • Sheila Sayuri Kataoka Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE
  • José Francisco Ribeiro Filho Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE
  • Marcleide Maria Macêdo Pederneiras Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8069.2010v7n13p151

Abstract

The purpose here is to highlight the disclosure of corporate governance practices at the websites of Closed Pension Funds. For managing resources of third parties to adopt corporate governance practices in these entities is being claimed as a way to increase economic security and financial and actuarial. Being required to communicate with participants and beneficiaries with the aim of transparency in administration. Through direct observation investigative study was carried out visits to sites of 50 major entities of the country in terms of asset investments. With application of a standardized questionnaire and statistical analysis based on measurements of position and dispersion and non-parametric test rose empirical evidence of the rela­tionship between corporate governance and transparency to users. The conclusion found is that the corporate governance practices are not clearly evident to the participants and bene.ciaries who seek the websites as a means of information resource management plans in which they participate.

Author Biographies

Jorge Expedito de Gusmão Lopes, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Doutorado em Administração Escolar - University of Miami (1985). Possui pós-doutorado em Educação em 1989. É Research Scholar da University of Miami desde 1990 Atualmente é professor Associado II da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco.

Sheila Sayuri Kataoka, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Contábeis da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

José Francisco Ribeiro Filho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco - UFPE

Doutorado em Controladoria e Contabilidade pela Universidade de São Paulo (2002). Atualmente é professor adjunto da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Coordenador do Mestrado em Ciências Contábeis da UFPE.

Marcleide Maria Macêdo Pederneiras, Universidade Federal da Paraíba - UFPB

Doutoranda em Administração pelo PRODPAD/UFPE. Atualmente é professora assistente da Universidade Federal da Paraíba.

Published

2010-10-29

How to Cite

Lopes, J. E. de G., Kataoka, S. S., Ribeiro Filho, J. F., & Pederneiras, M. M. M. (2010). A study of information disclosure of Corporate Governance practices in the sites of closed pension funds. Revista Contemporânea De Contabilidade, 7(13), 151–174. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8069.2010v7n13p151

Issue

Section

Articles