Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student, Department of Financial Engineering, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

2 Department of Accounting, Aliabad Katoul branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

3 Associate Prof., Department of Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul branch, Aliabad Katoul, Iran.

4 Assistant Professor, Department of Accounting, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran

10.30699/ijf.2024.354110.1359

Abstract

The flow of information in the capital market is of strategic importance because it determines the path of investors' decisions. In this decision-making process, the managers of the companies can disclose timely and reliable information based on their cognitive and perceptual characteristics of capital market situations. This article aims to contribute to the capital market knowledge literature by presenting the framework of managers' inertia drivers in response to reliable disclosure of information. This study adopted mixed, both inductive and deductive approaches to develop an integrated framework, validate its practicability and verify its effectiveness in selected firms listed on Tehran Stock Exchange respectively. In developing the framework and implementation procedure, the study employed a systematic screening data collection (qualitative) approach to review the managers' inertia drivers. Then, in this study's second phase, the Interpretive Rating Process (IRP) and Fuzzy Reference System are used to develop the framework of managers' inertia drivers in response to reliable disclosure of information. The results of the study in the qualitative part indicate the determination of 8 driving areas of managers' inertia in the reliable disclosure of information. On the other hand, the results in the quantitative section showed that the most effective field in stimulating managers' inertia in the timely disclosure of information is managers' overconfidence excitability. Based on the results, it was determined that the excitability of managers' overconfidence in creating inertia causes managers' subjective estimates to cause exclusivity in information disclosure.

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