Bankers’ Perspectives on Integrated Reporting for Value Creation: Evidence from Nigeria

Abstract:

This study aims to examine the opinions of Zenith bank employees on the value, content and processes as well as the challenges of Integrated Reporting (<IR>) in Nigeria with the hope of highlighting recommendations to encourage organizations to adopt it.  Ninety eight employees responded to our survey. Generally, the respondents agree that (<IR>) has value that could lead to better reporting of corporate activities. They also identified challenges that could mitigate the value of (<IR>). It was however noted that some of the challenges could be overcome with time, given that <IR> framework exist that is being test run by a number of organizations.  The study recommends that there should be awareness campaigns to sensitize organizations on the value of <IR>. This paper contributes to the extant literature by offering insights of Zenith Bank employees on <IR>.