Based on the idea that businesses are benefiting from the environment, it is therefore imminently necessary that they should return something back to the society in order to benefit the community at large. The finding of the study reveal that the share price of a company tended to increase with an increase in IRR, age and years of experience of the CEO, demonstrating that a company's established history in integrated reporting and corporate experience positively impact its performance (i.e., the share price).ĪBSTRACT Modern day corporations operate their businesses in dynamic environment, with stiff competition from competitors struggling over the limited resources. The proposed methodology is illustrated step-by-step. The model developed in this study is, then, used to evaluate the impact of IRR the CEO's age and years of experience as CEO on the share price of individual companies. Multivariate non-parametric regression is used to model the relationship between the predictor (i.e., independent) variables and the response (i.e., dependent) variable using MATLAB. The top-106 JSE listed companies for the period Year-end 2014 constitute the sample for this study. The main objective of this study, therefore, is to examine the impact of Integrated Reporting Ratings (IRR) the company CEO's age and his/her years as a CEO on the share price of the company within the South African context. Despite the surging interest in ICR to leverage the social responsibility, transparency and public accountability of companies in the developing African countries, little is known about the combined influence of ICR and internal company resources and/ capabilities (e.g., age and experience of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)) on the performance of South African listed companies. Influence of integrated reporting ratings, CEO age, and years of experience on the share price of top 106 JSE listed companies Abstract Integrated corporate reporting (ICR), which entails the process of compiling, documenting and reporting on company's resources, its ongoing relationships with key stakeholders business models products (services) and the impact of such products (or services) on stakeholders, society, as well as the environment to optimize company value, has generated considerable interest among top 100 Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed companies in South Africa over the last decade.

Another interpretation, used in this article, is pointing to the relationships between change management and the social sciences paradigms, which means looking for the widest possible point of reference. There are also attempts at an integrated approach to change management, which would include different cognitive perspectives106. Other researchers look for paradigms, characteristic mostly of change management, an example of which can be the dichotomy between evolutionary (continuous) and revolutionary (radical) changes105. Some opt for linking change management with the schools or currents of organisational thought, which would be an image of enriching the theory and methods over the last century. The concept of change differs depending on the assumed management paradigm, and naturally, there is no agreement among researchers about which classification to use. The objective of the article is just the description of cultural change from the perspective of four paradigms that dominate in social sciences.

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