نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
Making financial decisions is complicated, risky, and uncertain. Thus, investors tend to learn about the risks that may threaten their investment. Annual reports of companies, often used by investors, are among the most significant references for measuring the risks companies may face. Therefore, information available in the financial statements can stimulate investors' risk sentiment. Risk sentiment affects the investors' risk assessment and their decisions. Hence, this study aims at the experts' phenomenological understanding and their lived experience of risk sentiment based on the annual reports of companies and the extraction of a pattern for investors' risk sentiment. To this aim, a phenomenological qualitative research method was applied. In order to collect data, 17 experts of the field were interviewed and Attride-Stirling's thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. Based on the in-depth interviews conducted, the findings were categorized into three overall themes: 1) qualitative disclosure tone, consisting of 2 dimensions, 4 components, and 8 indicators; 2) risk sources, consisting of 4 dimensions, 35 components, and 69 indicators; 3) corporate governance, consisting of 3 dimensions, 6 components, and 12 indicators. The present study's recommended pattern, consisting of 89 indicators, is the first coherent framework for investors' risk sentiment based on annual reports. The study is a new step in expanding the literature in the field and an invaluable guide for other researchers for future investigations
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