Prof Niamh M. Brennan

content analysis financial reporting corporate governance voluntary disclosure earnings forecast takeover bid profit forecast takeover impression management target firm bidder board of directors text analysis irish listed companies literature review ceo taxonomy corporate governance definitions internet reporting director annual report gender internet intellectual capital accountability social psychology financial accounting multiple choice questions rhetorical manipulation choice of earnings number (selectivity) and attrib performance comparisons thematic manipulation (news content/tone) reading ease manipulation visual and structural manipulation accounting narratives interaction csr communication dialogism greenpeace intertextuality roles and responsibilities clinical governance practice management governance definitions narcissism bank hubris clinical psychiatry global financial crisis financial report letter to shareholders diction reputation language narrative disclosures rationality conceptual framework interviews directors takeover advisors targets bidders audit committees external audit corporate governance theories internal audit risk management corporate governance mechanisms mechanisms of governance theories of boards school board effectiveness schools school board roles and responsibilities female director combined code accounting profession compensation pay differential chartered accountant interlocking director director interlock social network social network analysis good news/bad news target writing the research report / dissertation phd dissertation how to do a literature review methods of accounting research masters dissertation uk gaap international accounting standards required disclosure accounting standard us gaap reporting intellectual capital measuring intellectual capital takeover regulation irish listed company corporate reporting ireland accounting scandal expert evidence forensic accounting accountants as expert witnesses role of expert witness accounting expertise in litigation materiality role of the board corporate governance; whistleblowing; good faith r fraud; financial reporting; fraudulent financial r impression management; financial reporting; corpor press release impression management score takeover defence takeover document hostile takeover bid sense-making chairmen chairmen’s statement logit regression doctoral dissertation binomial regression argument rhetoric takeovers profit forecasts takeover bids school boards school board members remuneration investor relations governance failure higgs report director independence materiality rules of thumb materiality definitions materiality judgments materiality thresholds firm performance expectations gap mechanisms of accountability accounting research