The disclosure of the social information by the Spanish companies: explanatory factors and necessity of social legitimacy

Abstract

This study pretends, following the Legitimacy theory, to know the disclosure level of social information by Spanish listed companies, and the main factor influencing disclosure decisions. This study shows that studied companies disclose very few labour and non labour social information, and also shows the association among sector of activity, company size and the listing on international markets with the intention of disclosing social information voluntary. No association was found between ownership diffusion and voluntary disclosure.