Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and reflect on the contributions of the Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies’ special issue on accounting and governance in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The themes and contributions from the accepted papers are identified and...

Covers -- Editorial advisory board -- Accounting and governance in Africa - contributions and opportunities for further research -- The impact of corporate governance code on earnings management in listed non-financial firms -- The effects of board experience and independence on mitigating...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the level of voluntary compliance with, and disclosure of, corporate governance (CG) best practices, and the extent to which board characteristics and shareholding structures can explain discernible differences in the level of voluntary CG...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of corporate (CG) and Islamic (IG) governance mechanisms on corporate earnings management (EM) behaviour in Oman. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ one of the largest and extensive data sets to-date on CG, IG and EM in any...