The objective of this research is to acquire empirical evidence regarding the influence of firm size, firm leverage, firm age, audit quality, female directors, profitability, board size, audit committee size and board meeting towards earnings management of nonfinancial companies listed in Indonesia. Methodology/technique: the population under this research is non-financial companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2014 to 2017. The samples were obtained secondarily are then selected through a purposive sampling technique by defining the sampling criteria. There were 127 non-financial companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange which resulted in 508 data sets being available throughout the research. This research also uses hypothesis testing as part of the data analysis. The outcome of this research suggests that firm leverage, audit quality and profitability have an effect on earnings management for stable financial results. Meanwhile, firm size, firm age, female director, board size, audit committee size and board meeting do not have an effect on earnings management in non-financial companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange.
This study aims to examine whether the assessment of Criteria for Performance Excellence (KPKU) is related to the firm performance of States-Owned Enterprise (SOE) in Indonesia. This study uses 82 firms-year observations from 19 State-Owned Enterprise listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the period 2009 to 2018. This study found that KPKU assessment was positively related to firm performance. This shows that KPKU assessment can be a signal that the company has good performance. The study also found that the positive relationship between KPKU assessment and company performance is stronger in companies audited by Big 4 and in big-sized companies. This study is the first research that discusses the relationship between KPKU assessment and firm performance. This study may be useful for practitioners and academics that are interested in the subject of SOE performance assessment. The results suggest to conduct a regular KPKU assessment because it can be useful to provide a positive signal for shareholders and potential investors.