Prof Niamh M. Brennan

content analysis financial reporting corporate governance voluntary disclosure impression management earnings forecast takeover bid profit forecast takeover target firm board of directors bidder text analysis literature review irish listed companies director ceo taxonomy corporate governance definitions gender annual report internet social psychology intellectual capital accountability internet reporting us gaap hostile takeover bid takeover document takeover defence reporting intellectual capital impression management score measuring intellectual capital press release takeover regulation impression management; financial reporting; corpor irish listed company corporate reporting fraud; financial reporting; fraudulent financial r corporate governance; whistleblowing; good faith r ireland accounting scandal role of the board materiality expert evidence accounting expertise in litigation role of expert witness accountants as expert witnesses forensic accounting accounting research mechanisms of accountability expectations gap firm performance materiality thresholds materiality judgments materiality definitions materiality rules of thumb director independence higgs report governance failure investor relations remuneration school board members school boards takeover bids profit forecasts takeovers rhetoric argument binomial regression doctoral dissertation logit regression chairmen’s statement chairmen 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 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 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 sense-making management 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