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Human Capi al Disclosu e om he In ellec ual Capi al and Social Responsibili y
pe spec i es: he ole o Co po a e Go e nance1
F ancisca Tejedo-Rome o (Uni e si y o Cas illa-La Mancha, Spain)
Joaquim Filipe Fe az Es e es A aujo (Uni e si y o Minho, Po ugal)
Abs ac
In angible Resou ces a e conside ed one o he mos impo an elemen s o a company’s
compe i i e ad an age and a c ucial ac o o he c ea ing o a company’s sus ainable alue o e
ime, in pa icula he Human Resou ces. These esou ces ha e been ecognized in he li e a u e
as In ellec ual Capi al, composed o Human, S uc u al and Rela ional Capi al.
In addi ion, sus ainabili y add ess companies o adop a " iple bo om line" o include economic,
en i onmen al and social aspec s. Ac i i ies unde aken by companies conce ning social
esponsibili y c ea e alue. This alue is o an in angible na u e and o e s companies he abili y
o c ea e, sha e and manage knowledge ha suppo s he c ea ion o sus ainable compe i i e
ad an ages. This could be o ien ed o he a ac ion, e en ion and managemen o alen people
who a e pa o he company, p omo ing he c ea ion o knowledge (Human Capi al).
In his con ex , he main objec i e o ou wo k is o analyse Human Capi al disclosu e by
companies. The main con ibu ion o his s udy is ha i ex ends p e ious wo ks conside ing he
In ellec ual Capi al and Social Responsibili y pe spec i es. Rega ding he In ellec ual Capi al, he
s udy analyses he educa ion, aining, expe ience, skills and compe encies a wo k, alues and
a i udes o wo ke s and o he s. Wi h ega d o Social Responsibili y, i analyses in o ma ion abou
social and e hical issues conce ning ela ions be ween wo ke s and companies, heal h and sa e y
in he wo kplace, di e si y and equal oppo uni ies, among o he s. This s udy p o ides e idence
on whe he hese ca ego ies a e epo ed in in eg a ed annual and sus ainabili y epo s, unde he
amewo k o he esou ces and capabili ies, legi imacy and s akeholde s heo ies. On he o he
hand, he in o ma ion disclosu e is conside ed an in eg al pa o Good Co po a e Go e nance
and being anspa ency a key elemen o a good sys em o co po a e go e nance. In o ma ion
disclosu e is an impo an and e icien means o p o ec ing sha eholde s, since highe in o ma ion
disclosu e could con ibu e o educe in o ma ion asymme y, o cla i y he con lic o in e es s
be ween sha eholde s and managemen . Based on agency heo y, ou second objec i e is o
examine he impo ance o co po a e go e nance mechanisms on human capi al disclosu e. This
esea ch conduc ed a con en analysis o in eg a ed annual epo s and sus ainabili y epo s on a
sample o companies lis ed on he Spanish S ock Exchange (IBEX 35). Balanced panel da a
analysis echniques we e used o es ou hypo hesis.
Key wo ds:
Human Capi al, In ellec ual Capi al, Social Responsibili y, Co po a e Go e nance, Sus ainabili y
Repo
1.Pape p esen ed o he Financial Repo ing and Business Communica ion Resea ch-FRBC 20 h
Con e ence, Uni e si y o B is ol, B is ol, UK, 30 June o 1 July 2016.
This s udy was conduc ed a he Resea ch Cen e in Poli ical Science (UID/ CPO/00758/2013), Uni e si y
o Minho, and was unded by he Po uguese Founda ion o Science and Technology, and by he Po uguese
Minis y o Educa ion and Science h ough na ional unds
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1. In oduc ion
Companies a e de eloping hei ac i i ies in an en i onmen cha ac e ized by knowledge-
based economies, wi h skilled and highly skilled labou . Knowledge has become a
s a egic esou ce o companies compe ing in dynamic en i onmen s (O doñez de
Pablos, 2002, 2003). Human capi al is he knowledge, skills, expe iences and abili ies o
people (Bea ie & Smi h, 2012). In addi ion, in ecen yea s, Social Responsibili y and
Co po a e Go e nance linked wi h sus ainable de elopmen in business pe o mance a e
issues ha ha e a oused g ea in e es bo h in companies and in socie y in gene al
(Mu akin & Khan, 2014).
Ques ioning he business conduc o he ac i i ies ca ied ou by companies, he damage
caused o he en i onmen and human igh s abuses, leads companies o implemen Social
Responsibili y s a egies. The ques ioning o companies p ac ices conce ning hei
ac i i ies, he damage caused o he en i onmen and he human igh s abuses, led
companies o implemen s a egies Social Responsibili y. Mo eo e , he ecen inancial
and accoun ing aud ca ied ou by some companies ha e ques ioned he c edibili y o
he accoun ing and economic- inancial in o ma ion and he ole o audi o s, egula o s,
analys s and ad iso s.
Unde his scena io, companies' p oceedings wi hin he amewo k o social esponsibili y
gene a es alue o in angible na u e. Speci ically, he Human Capi al is one o he mos
impo an esou ces o in angible na u e ha companies ha e o c ea e weal h in a
sus ainable manne (Tejedo-Rome o & A aujo, 2016). Ne e heless, adi ional inancial
s a emen s do no o e a holis ic iew o he company’s alue (Le , 2003; O doñez de
Pablos, 2003). This gene a ed a loss o use ul in o ma ion leading o in o ma ion
asymme y p oblem (Bozzolan, Fa o o, & Ricce i, 2003; Ga cía-Meca, Pa a, La án, &
Ma ínez, 2005). G ea e asymme ic in o ma ion leads o highe olun a y in o ma ion
disclosu e p ac ices (Healy & Palepu, 2001; Ma ínez‐Fe e o, Ruiz‐Cano, & Ga cía‐
Sánchez, 2015). Thus, olun a y disclosu e o in o ma ion is a p ac ice o socially
esponsible beha iou by companies gi en he need o a mo e comple e and anspa en
in o ma ion om he companies; anspa ency is a key elemen o Good Co po a e
Go e nance.
Some in e na ional o ganiza ions ecognize ha employees play an impo an ole in
con ibu ing o he success and pe o mance o companies in he long e m, as well as
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emphasize he impo ance o in o ma ion disclosu e ela ing o hei employees (EU,
2014; GRI, 2013; OECD, 2015). This will p o ide in es o s and o he s akeholde s wi h
a mo e comp ehensi e pic u e o a company’s alue (EU, 2014).
This pape uses an analy ical ame ha comp ised legi imacy heo y and esou ce and
capabili ies based pe spec i e o explo e and analyse disclosu e o in o ma ion
conce ning human capi al in in eg a ed annual and sus ainabili y epo s by Spanish
companies. I uses agency heo y o explo e he in luence o good co po a e go e nance
on Spanish companies’ human capi al disclosu e. The s udy ocuses on he Spanish s ock
exchange’s benchma k index, he Ibex-35, which acks he 35 mos aded sha es, and
which we conside ep esen a i e o he ma ke as a whole. The Human Capi al disclosu e
in in eg a ed annual and sus ainabili y epo s in an eigh -yea pe iod, 20072014, a e
in es iga ed using con en analysis (c ea ing a disclosu e index), and panel da a analysis
echniques.
We ha e selec ed he Spanish con ex o se e al key easons: a) he exis ence o
equi emen s o Spanish lis ed companies acco ding o Law 26/2003 o July 17 h called
he ‘T anspa ency Ac ’, such as o ha e a websi e h ough which sha eholde s and
s akeholde s can be kep in o med abou i s co po a e go e nance in o de o enhance he
anspa ency o lis ed companies (Tejedo-Rome o & A aujo, 2016); b) he in e es in
ex ending empi ical p e ious e idence, which is gene ally om Anglo-Saxon se ings
(Gisbe & Na allas, 2013); c) he legal p o ec ion o sha eholde s is no as ex ensi e as
ha o Anglo-Saxon ma ke s (Ga cía, Rod íguez, & Gallego, 2011); Spanish s ock
ma ke s a e less de eloped and play a a lesse ole han B i ish o Ame ican ma ke s do
(Fe nández-Méndez & A ondo-Ga cía, 2007); d) i is a leading coun y in sus ainabili y
wi h one o he highes numbe s o CSR epo s disclosed by companies (Ga ido‐
Mi alles, Zo io‐G ima, & Ga cía‐Benau, 2016); and because Spanish go e nmen i is
p omo ing he de elopmen o socially esponsible p ac ices (Luque-Vílchez &
La inaga, 2016; Re e e, 2015); ) he highe in e es in analysing he ole o good
co po a e go e nance on companies’ disclosu e p ac ices (Ga cía e al., 2011) because
Boa ds o Di ec o s in Spain a e one- ie ed, which means ha Boa d membe s manage
he company and also supe ise i s ac i i y (Melle, 1999), hus p omo ing an ac i e
pa icipa ion in he aking o s a egic decisions. Fo all ha , i is necessa y o disclose
mo e in o ma ion, especially human capi al disclosu e, in o de o imp o e he
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sha eholde s’ knowledge and us in he company’s beha iou and pe o mance (Ga cía
e al., 2011).
This esea ch con ibu es o he exis ing li e a u e in se e al ways: i s , i de elops a
amewo k o explain he Human Capi al disclosu e om he pe spec i e o sus ainabili y
(social esponsibili y) and knowledge gene a ion (in ellec ual capi al); second, o
implemen ou amewo k on sus ainabili y epo s o Spanish lis ed companies; hi d, o
es he e ec s o good co po a e go e nance on Human Capi al disclosu e; inally, allows
us o con as he a gumen s o he heo ies o esou ce and capabili ies, legi imacy and
agency, a he same ime ha i ob ains some p ac ical implica ions ha can be use ul o
accoun ing s anda d se e s and manage s esponsible o Human Capi al disclosu e.
The pape p oceeds as ollows. In he nex sec ion, we discuss he heo e ical amewo k
o ou esea ch and in Sec ion 3 we p esen he esea ch me hodology. The mos ele an
esul s a e p esen ed in Sec ions 4 and Sec ions 5 conclude.
2. Theo e ical Backg ound and Hypo heses De elopmen
2.1. Spanish egula o y con ex
Recen ly Eu opean Commission in oduced new equi emen s o non- inancial
in o ma ion epo ing h ough Eu opean Di ec i e 2014/95/UE on 22 Oc obe 2014 and
conce ned o in o ma ion disclosu e abou social and employee issues. These
equi emen s applies o companies wi h mo e han 500 employees, including lis ed
companies as well as o he public-in e es en i ies (EU, 2014). This di ec i e will no
a ec companies un il i is ansposed in o he domes ic law in each Membe S a es
(Luque-Vílchez & La inaga, 2016). Membe S a es laws mus comply wi h he di ec i e
be o e 6 o Decembe o 2016, o be applicable o iscal yea s beginning on 1 o Janua y
o 2017. This Di ec i e is pa o he “ enewed EU s a egy 2011-2014 o Co po a e
Social Responsibili y” (EC, 2011a), which s essed he need o c ea e condi ions
a ou able o sus ainable g ow h, esponsible business beha iou and du able
employmen gene a ion in he medium and long e m.
In his con ex Spain an icipa ed possible ou comes o he 2014/95/EU Di ec i e h ough
app o al by he Spanish go e nmen o he Law 2/2011 o 4 o Ma ch, on “Sus ainable
Economy” (Spanish Pa liamen , 2011) and ha has culmina ed in he “Spanish s a egy
on companies’ co po a e social esponsibili y p ac ices 2014-2020” (Spanish Minis y o
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Employmen and Social Secu i y, 2014). This was he esponse o he ecommenda ions
e lec ed in he enewed “S a egy o he Eu opean Union on Co po a e Social
Responsibili y” and aim o p omo e esponsible p ac ices in bo h in o de ha hey
became a signi ican d i e o he coun y's compe i i eness and i s ans o ma ion o a
mo e sus ainable socie y (Re e e, 2015). Spain Go e nmen plays a pi o al ole in
d i ing sus ainabili y disclosu e a na ional le el. Ne e heless, disclosu e o social
pe o mance is no manda o y o Spanish companies
Sus ainable Economy Law (2011) encou ages (does no manda e) Spanish companies o
publish a speci ic olun a y annual epo abou hei social esponsibili y policies and
ou comes. Al hough i is a ecommenda ion, i speci ied ha in he case o companies
wi h mo e han 1000 employees, he co po a e social esponsibili y epo s should be
submi ed o he S a e Council o Co po a e Social Responsibili y (CERSE). The la e
equi emen is no implemen ed due o bu eauc a ic hu dles, since he CERSE has no
made public how o whe e hese epo s should be submi ed.
The i s Spanish documen ha e e s he impo ance o social in o ma ion and
in ellec ual capi al disclosu e was he Whi e Pape o he Re o m o Accoun ing in Spain,
compiled by he Spanish Accoun ing S anda d Se ing Boa d in 2002 (ICAC, 2002). This
documen p esen s a se ies o e lec ions and ecommenda ions ela ed o olun a y
publica ion o a se o elemen s ha by hei na u e and ele ance a e use ul o
s akeholde s. The in o ma ion ela es o he ollowing aspec s: (a) social in o ma ion:
aining and ca ee de elopmen o employees; heal h and sa e y in he wo kplace; ac ions
in a ou o he local communi y on he cul u al, e c., i is ecommended ha he memo y
1
con ains social in o ma ion, (b) in o ma ion on in angible esou ces: ision o he
company on i s compe i i e posi ion; managemen o in ellec ual capi al and
ep esen a i e indica o s o he alue o i s in angible esou ces and ac i i ies, e c. I is
ecommended ha he In ellec ual Capi al Repo con ains in o ma ion abou he
in angibles.
The implemen a ion o he Di ec i e 2003/51/EC (CE, 2003) h ough he law 62/2003 o
30 o Decembe (Spanish Pa liamen , 2003), on “Fiscal, Adminis a i e and Social
Measu es”, amended he con en s o he Managemen Repo accompanying he annual
1
In Spain he annual inancial s a emen s a e: balance shee , p o i and loss accoun , s a emen o changes
in ne pa imony, ac ual low s a emen and he explana o y no es ha a e called “memo y”.

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inancial s a emen s
2
. Hence, since 2005 he Managemen Repo mus con ain, among
o he i ems, in o ma ion abou he company’s human esou ces, p o iding i is ele an
o unde s anding he business e olu ion.
On he o he hand, in he Spanish ma ke , company’s owne ship is highly concen a ed
and he e is a legal sys em based on F ench ci il law whe e he e is a lesse p o ec ion o
in es o s’ in e es s (La Po a, Lopez-De-Silanes, Shlei e , & Vishny, 1997).
Consequen ly, he e a e possible con lic s o in e es be ween manage s and owne s o
ele ance and be ween majo i y and mino i y sha eholde s (Fe nández-Méndez, A ondo-
Ga cía, & Fe nández-Rod íguez, 2011). Mo eo e , a single go e ning body ha pe o ms
simul aneously supe ision and di ec ion asks composes he Boa d s uc u e in
companies.
By he mid-1990s, he e was a consensus ega ding he need o e hink he ole and na u e
o he p incipal o gans o Co po a e Go e nance, and especially ha o he Boa d o
Di ec o s, in he con ex o a highe Eu opean legal ha moniza ion. Co po a e go e nance
in Spain has been mainly d i en by se e al codes o co po a e go e nance: he Oli encia
Repo was eleased in 1998, ollowed by he Aldama Repo in 2003, and he Con he
Code o Uni ied Good Go e nance Code in 2006 ha has been modi ied in 2013 and
2015. I was cha ac e ized by he p inciple o comply o explain. Companies may comply
o no comply o he code ecommenda ions, al hough hey ha e o explain why hey do
no comply wi h he ecommenda ions. The Uni ied Code o Co po a e Go e nance
(CNMV, 2006) dis inguishes wo ypes o di ec o s
3
: in e nal o execu i e di ec o s, who
pe o m senio managemen unc ions o a e employees o he company o i s g oup, and
ex e nal di ec o s which includes independen di ec o s, ep esen ing mino i y
sha eholde s and p op ie a y di ec o s (also known as “g ey di ec o s”), ep esen ing
majo i y sha eholde s.
2.2. Human Capi al: he main in angible asse o companies in he knowledge socie y
Human Capi al cons i u e one o he main asse s a company possesses (Bon is, 2001;
Ed insson & Malone, 1999; S eiby, 1997) which d i e alue c ea ion (S. Abhayawansa
2
The annual inancial s a emen s and he managemen epo a e manda o y in Spain. O he epo s a e
olun a y, such as he Sus ainabili y Repo o Social Responsibili y Repo and In ellec ual Capi al Repo .
3
Also known as inside ( hose who a e di ec o s and manage s a he same ime) and ou side (nonmanage
di ec o s) di ec o s.
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& Abeyseke a, 2008) and lead o compe i i e ad an ages in he mode n knowledge
economy. I is “ hinking asse ” ound in he employees o he companies (Roos e al.,
2001) and is he combina ion o knowledge, skills, abili ies, c ea i e capabili y, leade ship
and expe ience (B ooking, 1996; Ed insson & Malone, 1999) which a e inco po a ed o
employees du ing his li e. I ep esen s he indi idual knowledge s ock o a company
ep esen ed by i s employees (Bon is, 2001). Companies mus do all i can o e ain all
"good" employees (Roos, D agone i, Roos, & Ed insson, 2001) and seek o acqui e,
de elop, ewa d, and main ain hei key alen s (Roos e al., 2001; S eiby, 1997).
The e is a g owing conce n wi h socially esponsible beha iou , e hics and he espec o
labou igh s. I aims imp o e wo ke s’ quali y o li e and social condi ions in a eas
impo an o hem as employmen , heal h and sa e y, non-disc imina ion, disciplina y
p ac ices, eedom o associa ion, socie y, e c., (Gallego-Al a ez, 2008; Tejedo-Rome o
& A aujo, 2016). This beha iou gene a es alue, in angible alue, which p o ides
businesses wi h he abili y o c ea e, sha e and manage knowledge, enhancing he
gene a ion o sus ainable compe i i e ad an ages (Cas illa & Galla do, 2008;
TejedoRome o, 2016).
We belie e ha he compe i i e ad an age o a company esides in he esou ces,
pa icula ly, in i s human esou ces and he in o ma ion on Human Capi al o he many
s akeholde s in e es ed in he company's esou ces. Howe e , he alue o human
esou ces may no be adequa ely epo ed o s akeholde s pa ly due o limi a ions o
adi ional accoun ing sys em (IASB, 2004; PGC, 2007). The s ic ecogni ion c i e ia
o in angible asse s do no allow Human Capi al o be shown as an asse in he balance
shee (Abeyseke a, 2007; Bea ie & Smi h, 2010; Tejedo-Rome o & A aujo, 2016).
The e o e, i no e lec he company's ue alue, causing a dec ease in he use ulness o
he accoun ing-based in o ma ion (Bozzolan e al., 2003; Le & Za owin, 1999; O doñez
de Pablos, 2003). Acco dingly, in es o s and o he s akeholde s canno ully asce ain
hei in es men objec s’ alue-adding po en ial (Le , 2003; Le & Za owin, 1999). The
esul s a e in o ma ion asymme ies be ween capi al ma ke pa icipan s and co po a e
manage s (Bea ie & Smi h, 2010), as well as possible ma ke ine iciencies
(Game schlag, 2013; Healy & Palepu, 2001). In o ma ion asymme y dec eases wi h an
inc ease in olun a y disclosu e. The oppo uni y o epo Human Capi al h ough
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olun a y disclosu es exis s wi hin co po a e annual epo s and o he channels o
co po a e communica ion (Bea ie & Smi h, 2012).
2.3. An in eg a ed amewo k o Human Capi al Disclosu e om he In ellec ual
Capi al and Social Responsibili y pe spec i es
Adequa e Human Capi al Disclosu e is impo an since: a) i a ec s a company’s abili y
o ec ui and e ain he bes people (Choo Huang, Lu he , Tayles, & Hani a, 2013); b)
educes in o ma ion asymme y be ween managemen and in es o s (Bea ie & Smi h,
2010; Le & Za owin, 1999); c) con eys a company’s po en ial o c ea e alue (Bea ie
& Smi h, 2010; Choo Huang e al., 2013); d) imp o es ma ke e iciency (Game schlag,
2013); e) es ablishes us wo hiness wi h s akeholde s (Bea ie & Smi h, 2010); )
enhances co po a e image, epu a ion and p es ige (Tejedo-Rome o & A aujo, 2016).
Howe e , he e a e some disad an ages on human capi al disclosu e. The cos s o
p o iding he in o ma ion, he isk o losing he compe i i e posi ion (Cu ado, Hen iques,
& Bon is, 2011), and he isk ha he in o ma ion is misin e p e ed by ex e nal
s akeholde s, such as employees and labou unions (Samudh am, Si alingam, &
Shanmugam, 2010), e c. To w ap up, he bene i s a e assumed o exceed he cos s when a
company chooses o disclose olun a y in o ma ion (Ga cía-Meca e al., 2005). The
easons why companies disclose olun a y in o ma ion on Human Capi al can be
explained based on se e al heo ies: a) om he pe spec i e o he Theo y o Resou ces
and Capabili ies (Hall, 1992) he success and su i al o he company depends hea ily
on he esou ces and capaci y owned by he company. I is conside ed he mos impo an
esou ce because o i s s a egic po en ial o gene a e compe i i e ad an ages in
companies (Abeyseke a, 2007; Oli ei a, Rod igues, & C aig, 2010; Sonnie , 2008),
he e o e, many companies olun a ily epo as a esponse o in o ma ion asymme y
be ween managemen and in es o s in o de o ecei e he suppo om in es o s in he
capi al ma ke (Sonnie , 2008); b) based on he p inciples o Legi imacy Theo y,
companies a e in e es ed in disclosing in o ma ion o legi imize hei ac ions wi h
employees and he socie y in gene al (Nu unnabi & Hossain, 2011; Tejedo-Rome o &
A aujo, 2016); and c) acco ding o S akeholde Theo y, companies' success and su i al
a e subjec o app o al by hei s akeholde s, hence companies will e eal in o ma ion
abou Human Capi al in o de o inc ease he pe cei ed alue by s akeholde s
(Abeyseke a & Gu h ie, 2005; Bozzolan e al., 2003; Tejedo-Rome o, 2016).
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Human Capi al Disclosu e has been s udied unde wo app oaches: Knowledge
Managemen /In ellec ual Capi al and Social Responsibili y/Sus ainabili y. F om he
pe spec i e o Knowledge Managemen /In ellec ual Capi al, i has ad anced owa ds he
elabo a ion o in ellec ual capi al epo s and he building o in e na ional s anda ds on
in ellec ual capi al iden i ica ion, measu ing and epo ing (O doñez de Pablos, 2003).
Human Capi al is ecognised o be one o he h ee main ca ego ies o In ellec ual Capi al
(EC, 2006; Me i um, 2002). I conside s aspec s ela ed o educa ion, aining, expe ience,
skills and compe encies in he wo kplace, alues and a i udes o wo ke s, among o he s
(Joshi, Ubha, & Sidhu, 2012; Li, Pike, & Hani a, 2008; Nu unnabi & Hossain, 2011;
Whi e, Lee, & Towe , 2007). Se e al concep ual amewo ks ha e been used o de ine,
classi y and eco d in o ma ion Human Capi al (B ooking, 1996; Ed insson & Malone,
1999; Kaplan & No on, 1997; Me i um, 2002; S eiby, 1997). The as majo i y o
empi ical esea ch has been based on he ini ial amewo k o S eiby (1997) which has
subsequen ly been modi ied in a ious s udies (Abeyseke a & Gu h ie, 2005; Bozzolan
e al., 2003; B ennan, 2001; Gu h ie & Pe y, 2000; Joshi e al., 2012; Nu unnabi &
Hossain, 2011). In addi ion, se e al ini ia i es ha e p oduced guidelines o he
disclosu e o in o ma ion on In ellec ual Capi al, such as DATI (2000), No dika (2001),
Me i um (2002), and di ec ing hei a en ion o a new ype o epo called In ellec ual
Capi al Repo s. Some companies elabo a e and publish his epo sepa a ely om he
inancial epo o annual epo . In Spain, mos companies which p oduce he in ellec ual
capi al epo include i as pa o hei annual epo
(O doñez de Pablos, 2002, 2003). F om he pe spec i e o Social
Responsibili y/Sus ainabili y, hey ha e been conside ed socio-labou aspec s,
conside ing ha in o ma ion on social and e hical issues conce ning ela ions be ween
wo ke s and companies, heal h and sa e y in he wo kplace, di e si y and equal
oppo uni ies, e c. (Ma ínez‐Fe e o e al., 2015; Mu akin & Khan, 2014; Rashid &
Lodh, 2008). Guidelines and o ien a ions we e de eloped o guide he disclosu e his
in o ma ion (AECA, 2004, 2005; EC, 2001; GRI, 2013; UN, 1999), aimed o p o ide
in o ma ion on companies' p ac ices on he iple aspec s: economic, en i onmen al and
social (Tejedo-Rome o, 2016). In ecen yea s, he e has been a big boos om agencies
and o ganiza ions in de eloping sus ainabili y epo s o social esponsibili y epo s,
being a use ul ool o communica ing wi h s akeholde s (A idsson, 2010). These epo s
ha e become an inc easingly impo an ins umen o company disclosu e (Oli ei a e
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Fo classi ica ion and coding o in o ma ion we ollowed he o iginal amewo k o
S eiby (1997) and he modi ica ions ha se e al au ho s ha e done in he same
(Abeyseke a & Gu h ie, 2005; Bozzolan e al., 2003; B ennan, 2001; Gu h ie & Pe y,
2000; Joshi e al., 2012; Nu unnabi & Hossain, 2011). The subca ego ies and elemen s o
human capi al will allow us o encode he in o ma ion o be analyzed (see Table 2).
Finally, ou amewo k o coding he in o ma ion was se in 5 ca ego ies and 24
in angible elemen s (i ems).
Table 2. Subca ego ies and elemen s
EMPLOYEES (11 í ems):
1. Employee p o ile
2. Equali y and di e si y
3. Heal h and sa e y
4. Labou ela ions and union ac i i y
5. In ol emen o wo ke s in he communi y
6. Employee ecogni ion
7. Impo an employees
8. Employee commi men
9. Employee mo i a ion
10. Employee beha iou 11. Economic da a EDUCATION (2 í ems):
12. Regula ed educa ion
13. P o essional quali ica ion
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT (6 í ems):
14. Educa ion and aining policy
15. Educa ion and aining expenses and hou s
16. Policy on compe ence de elopmen
17. Ca ee oppo uni ies
18. Job o a ion oppo uni ies
19. Rec ui men policies
WORK RELATED KNOWLEDGE (3 í ems):
20. Know-how
21. Employee quali y and expe ience 22. Pe o mance and esul s o op managemen
ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT (2 í ems):
23. Employees' inno a i e ideas
24. Sys em o collec employees' sugges ions
We ha e conside ed he ollowing uni s o analysis: a) sampling uni s we e he in eg a ed
annual and social esponsibili y epo s, b) uni s o con ex ha allowed analyzing he
in o ma ion a he sen ence le el, and c) egis a ion uni s ha ha e been he p esence o
absence o in o ma ion.
The quan i ica ion sys em o he index o Human Capi al disclosu e has been made by
he ollowing ule coun : 1 i he company has epo ed a pa icula i em and 0 o he wise.
In addi ion, we de eloped sub-indixes o disclosu e o he i e subca ego ies o Human

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Capi al. We compu e a es o disclosu e unweigh ed by agg ega ing he sco e on each o
he i ems (Be e a & Bozzolan, 2008), his app oach is consis en wi h ha used in o he
s udies (Oli ei a e al., 2010; Tejedo-Rome o & A aujo, 2016). Weigh ed indexes we e
no used because o he deg ee o subjec i i y a ached o hem, once he e a e no a able
o weigh s uni e sally accep ed (Ma s on & Sh i es, 1991; TejedoRome o, 2016),
he e o e each o he in o ma ional i ems a e assigned a di e en sco e depending on he
impo ance es ablished by he esea che . Finally, we made an adjus men by di iding he
index by he maximum numbe o in angibles ha could be epo ed in each subca ego ies
o human capi al. This adjus men , acco ding o Bo osan (1997) and Ma s on and Sh i es
(1991), is made o no penalize hose companies ha o some eason can no disclose any
o he i ems conside ed (see Table 3).
Table 3. Sub-indexes and Index o Human Capi al Disclosu e
ij 11 i1
Subindex
1 2
Educa ionj X ij
2 i1
1 6
Subindex T aining and De elopmen j Xij
6 i1
Subindex
Wo k ela ed
1 3 Knowledge
j X ij
3 i1
Whe e he Human Capi al Index is he unweigh ed index o disclosu e o company j, i is
he elemen , Xij is he sco e ob ained by he company j o elemen i. Consequen ly, Xij will
ake he alue 1 i he company j has disclosed he elemen I, and o he wise will ake he
alue o 0 i i has no been disclosed. The o al o i ems ha make up he amewo k o
he in o ma ion on he Human Capi al is 24. Da a encoding was pe o med manually.
Bo h au ho s pe o med an ini ial coding o a pilo sample o 5 epo s o social
11
1
j
X
Employees
Subindex
2
1
2
1
i
ij
j
X
Spi i
u ial
En ep ene
Subindex
24
1
24
1
i
ij
j
X
Capi al
Human
Index
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esponsibili y and ob ained a alue o alpha K ippendo o 0.80, which sugges s an
accep able le el o ag eemen be ween code s (Bea ie & Thomson, 2007; K ippendo ,
2004). Bo h au ho s conduc ed con en analysis o all epo s o be analysed.
3.2.1. Independen Va iables
Da a we e collec ed om he annual epo s o co po a e go e nance.
CEO Duali y: is a dummy a iable ha akes he alue 1 when bo h unc ions a e ca ied
ou by he same pe son and ze o when unc ions a e sepa a ed (Ba ako e al., 2006;
Ce bioni & Pa bone i, 2007; Li e al., 2008).
Boa d Independen : is he a io be ween he numbe o independen di ec o s and he o al
numbe o di ec o s (Ba ako e al., 2006; Ce bioni & Pa bone i, 2007; Li e al., 2008).
Gende Di e si y: is he a io be ween he o al o women Boa d membe s and he o al
o Boa d membe s (Ba ako & B own, 2008; P ado-Lo enzo & Ga cia-Sanchez, 2010).
Boa d Ac i i y: i is measu ed as he numbe o Boa d mee ings held du ing he inancial
yea (P ado-Lo enzo & Ga cia-Sanchez, 2010).
3.2.2. Con ol a iables
To a oid skewing esul s, we ha e conside ed a numbe o a iables ela ed o companies'
ea u es.
Indus y: is ep esen ed by a dummy a iable wi h a alue o 1 i a company is in a
sensi i e indus y, and 0 o he wise. Consis en wi h Sie a-Ga cía e al. (2014), sensi i e
indus ies we e ega ded o be ‘Financial Se ices and Real Es a e’; ‘Oil and Ene gy’; and
‘Technology and Telecommunica ions.’ All o he indus ies classi ied by he CNMV we e
conside ed non-sensi i e (‘Basic Ma e ials’, ‘Indus y and Cons uc ion’; and Consume
Goods’). Mo e olun a y in o ma ion abou Human Capi al was expec ed o be disclosed
by companies in sensi i e indus ies (Kolk & Pe ego, 2010).
Company's Age: some schola s ha e conside ed ha he age o he company can be a
de e mining ac o o p o ide olun a y in o ma ion (Ce bioni & Pa bone i, 2007; Rashid
& Lodh, 2008). A mo e ma u e company is conce ned abou i s epu a ion and will
disclose mo e in o ma ion olun a y (Mu akin & Khan, 2014). This a iable ep esen s
he senio i y o he company in he ma ke and is measu ed by he numbe o yea s om
he da e o es ablishmen .
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3.3. Resea ch model
This s udy uses a balanced panel da a eg ession me hod o examine he ela ionship
be ween co po a e go e nance a iables and he ex en o Human Capi al Disclosu e.
The eg ession equa ion is p o ided below:
Human Capi ali =
+1Duali yi +2Independen i +3Gende i +4Ac i i yi +5Indus yi +6Agei +i (1)
i = i + + i
(2)
Whe e: is a scala ; 1, ……, 2 a e he es imable pa ame e ec o s; i =1,…..,23; =
2007, ….., 2014; i ep esen s he unobse able company-speci ic e ec ; ep esen s
he unobse able speci ic ime e ec (common o all companies); i is he emainde
s ochas ic dis u bance e m.
The dependen a iable akes alues anging om 0 o 1, and so he panel da a
me hodology used mus be app op ia e o a iables p esen ing double censo ed
cha ac e is ics. The e o e, he analysis echnique is based on a Tobi eg ession ha , in
con as o linea models, allows us o ake pa icula conside a ion o he ex emes o he
a ing scale (0 and 1), censo ing a 0 hose companies exp essing he lowes p e e ence
o human capi al disclosu e, and a 1 o hose op ing o supply maximum in o ma ion.
The Tobi models es ima e e iciency and consis ency coe icien s h ough he me hod o
maximum likelihood (Bal agi, 2014; Woold idge, 2010).
Two possible es ima ion app oaches will be applied: a pooled Tobi and a Tobi andom
e ec s model. To s a is ically compa e he wo models, a Likelihood- a io es is
conduc ed We use he Jackkni e me hod o es ima e s anda d e o s.
The da a we e p ocessed using he STATA 13.1 p og am, which is jus i ied by i s
obus ness.
4. Resul s and discussion
4.1. Desc ip i e Analysis
Table 4 shows ha he Ibex 35 companies a e p o iding in o ma ion on i s Human
Capi al, wi h highe alues han he median (≥ 0.5). These alues a y ela i ely li le
o e he yea s unde s udy, al hough i seems ha du ing he c isis pe iod he companies
ha e main ained hei le els o in o ma ion, showing a sligh inc ease in 2014, yea o
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c isis eco e y. This may be because, om poin o iew cos -bene i analysis, in imes
o c isis companies ha e a mo e aus e e policy o in o ma ion disclosu e ( he cos s due o
he de elopmen and dissemina ion o in o ma ion may ou weigh he bene i s).
Howe e , acco ding o he Theo ies o Resou ces and Capabili ies, Legi imacy and
S akeholde s, we can say ha companies a e p o iding in o ma ion in social
esponsibili y epo s abou Human Capi al. In o ma ion ela ed o aining and
de elopmen o employees is he ca ego y mos disclosed. Thus companies p o ide his
ype o in o ma ion as a way o legi imize a beha io esponsible o s akeholde s
associa ed wi h he gene a ion o knowledge. On he o he hand, he ca ego y less
disclosed is in o ma ion on wo k- ela ed knowledge as consequence o ha companies
may conside ha hei human capi al is he mos aluable esou ce and a e a aid ha
compe i o s could a ac i s mo e skill ul employees.
Table 4: Desc ip i e s a is ics o he Human Capi al and sub-indexes
2007 2008 2009 2010
2011 2012 2013 2014 2007-2014
Human Capi al
Mean
0.623 0.639 0.625 0.634
0.643 0.661 0.681 0.701
0.651
S anda d de ia ion
0.158 0.106 0.139 0.102
0.090 0.104 0.094 0.096
0.114
Max
0.875 0.833 0.833 0.833
0.833 0.833 0.833 0.875
0.875
Min
0.25 0.458 0.208 0.333
0.458 0.458 0.5 0.5
0.208
Employees
Mean
0.668 0.692 0.676 0.7
0.711 0.723 0.743 0.763
0.71
s
0.187 0.128 0.155 0.104
0.105 0.115 0.101 0.109
0.13
Max
1 1 1 0.909
0.909 0.909 0.909 1
1
Min
0.182 0.454 0.273 0.545
0.454 0.454 0.454 0.454
0.182
Educa ion
Mean
0.674 0.63 0.63 0.63
0.652 0.674 0.652 0.652
0.649
S anda d de ia ion
0.286 0.224 0.224 0.27
0.235 0.243 0.235 0.235
0.241
Max
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1
Min
0 0.5 0.5 0
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
0
T aining and De elopmen
Mean 0.783 0.804 0.775 0.804
0.797 0.826 0.841 0.855
0.811
S anda d de ia ion 0.17 0.13 0.185 0.205
0.188 0.191 0.184 0.183
0.179
Max 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1
Min 0.5 0.667 0.167 0.167
0.333 0.333 0.333 0.333
0.167
Wo k ela ed Knowledge
Mean 0.304 0.319 0.319 0.275
0.261 0.261 0.261 0.304
0.288
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Hence, we can accep ou hypo hesis H1 and we mus ejec he hypo hesis H2 assumed
in he heo e ical amewo k.
S anda d de ia ion 0.199 0.213 0.213 0.192
0.2 0.2 0.245 0.244
0.211
Max 0.667 0.667 0.667 0.667
0.667 0.667 0.667 0.667
0.667
Min 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0
En ep eneu ial Spi i

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Mean
0.326 0.348 0.348 0.304
0.37 0.413 0.522 0.543
0.397
S anda d de ia ion
0.416 0.411 0.411 0.419
0.458 0.443 0.439 0.45
0.431
Max
1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1
1
Min
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0
N (Obse a ions)
23 23 23 23
23 23 23 23
184
Table 5 display desc ip i e s a is ics and he independen and con ol a iables. Da a
shows a mode a e a e age inc ease in he pe cen age o independen Boa d membe s in
he Boa d o Di ec o s. This inc ease can be mo i a ed by he ecommenda ion o he
Uni ied Code o Good Co po a e Go e nance (CNMV, 2006, 2015) o inc ease he
pe cen age o independen membe s o make he Boa ds o Di ec o s mo e independen
and neu al.
O no e is he inc ease in women di ec o s in he Boa ds. The Code o Co po a e
Go e nance (CNMV, 2006, 2015) ecommended he inclusion o women in he Boa d o
Di ec o s as a challenge, no only in e ms o e hics, poli ics and co po a e social
esponsibili y, bu as an e iciency objec i e o his body. This inc ease may also be
associa ed wi h he adop ion in 2007 o he Law on Gende Equali y in Spain. Howe e ,
we ind companies ha ha e no inco po a ed women in hei Boa ds (minimum equal o
ze o) o e 8 yea s.
Conce ning he ac i i y o he Boa d o Di ec o s, da a shows ha ha e main ained he
same numbe o mee ings o e ime, wi h an a e age o 11 mee ings pe yea . In his
ega d, he Boa ds o Di ec o s ha e mee ings a leas once a mon h. The Code o
Co po a e Go e nance (CNMV, 2006, 2015) does no es ablish limi mee ings, bu
ecommends egula mee ings o ca y ou unc ions e ec i ely in he Boa d.
Along he pe iod, he e is CEO duali y in 83% o he companies o he sample. The e is
only sepa a ion o he unc ions o chai man and chie execu i e o ice in 17% o
companies. This si ua ion may jeopa dize he unc ions o con ol and supe ision o he
Boa d (Li e al., 2008), a ec ing olun a y disclosu e policy o he company.
Finally, he a e age age o companies is 63 yea s, al hough he e is a wide dispe sion om
he a e age (42.7 yea s) wi h companies 158 yea s old and young companies wi h 6 yea s
old. In addi ion, 61% o companies belonging o sensi i e sec o s.
Table 5: Desc ip i e S a is ics o Independen and Con ol Va iables
Independen
Mean 0.417 0.424 0.441 0.44 0.44 0.447 0.469 0.449 0.441 S anda d de ia ion
0.169 0.174 0.171 0.178 0.179 0.17 0.154 0.146 0.165
Panel A: Con inuous a iables
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2007
-
2014
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Max
0.786
0.786
0.8
0.786
0.786
0.786
0.714
0.786
0.8
Min
0.067
0.067
0.077
0.071
0.056
0.067
0.214
0.214
0.056
Gende
Mean
0.071
0.086
0.102
0.113
0.132
0.147
0.156
0.181
0.123
S anda d de ia ion
0.068
0.086
0.083
0.080
0.084
0.092
0.095
0.12
0.095
Max
0.238
0.273
0.3
0.273
0.308
0.364
0.364
0.5
0.5
Min
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ac i i y
Mean
11
10.5
10.8
10.8
11.3
11.1
11.2
11
11
S anda d de ia ion
3.21
2.78
3
2.66
3.28
3.3
2.91
3.24
3.01
Max
17
14
17
16
18
17
15
18
18
Min
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
Age
Mean
59.7
60.7
61.7
62.7
63.7
64.7
65.7
66.7
63.2
S anda d de ia ion
43.5
43.5
43.5
43.5
43.5
43.5
43.5
43.5
42.7
Max
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
158
Min
5.83
6.83
7.83
8.83
9.83
10.8
11.8
12.8
5.83
N (Obse a ions)
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
184
Panel B: Dummy a iables
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2007-2014
Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes No
Duali y
Pe cen age (%)
83 17 87 13 87 13 87 13 87 13 83 17 78 22 74 26 83 17
Indus y
Pe cen age (%)
61 39 61 39 61 39 61 39 61 39 61 39 61 39 61 39 61 39
N (Obse a ions)
To sol e he p oblems o absence o no mali y in he a iables age and ac i i y o he
Boa d o Di ec o s he na u al loga i hm o hese a iables is used. Howe e , a Tobi
eg ession does no ha e o mee as many equi emen s and assump ions as linea
eg ession.
4.2. Mul i a ia e analysis
Table 6 shows he esul s o Tobi eg ession model. Thus, he hi d and ou h columns
show he Pool Tobi esul s and he andom Tobi model o panel da a, espec i ely. The
alue o Likelihood a io es (p- alue = 0.000) shows ha o ou da a is p e e able a
andom Tobi model.
Table 6: Resul s o Panel-Reg ession Model
Independen a iable: Human Capi al Disclosu e
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Dependen and
con ol a iables
RE TOBIT
Hypo hesis/ POOLED TOBIT (Jackni e s anda d
p edic sign (Jackni e s anda d e o s) e o s)
Duali y
H3(-)
-0.067
(0.046)
-0.046***
(0.015)
Independen
H4 (?)
-0.072
(0.139)
-0.027
(0.050)
Gende
H5 (+)
0.171
(0.197)
0.159**
(0.076)
Ac i i y
H6 (+)
0.108*
(0.061)
0.043*
(0.022)
Indus y
0.046
(0.058)
0.042*
(0.022)
Age
0.022
(0.033)
0.070***
(0.008)
(Cons an )
0.348**
(0.138)
0.292***
(0.042)
sigma
0.101
(0.014)
sigma_u
0.086***
(0.007)
sigma_e
0.071***
(0.010)
ho
0.594
(0.088)
Obse a ions
184
184
Log-likelihood
161.22504
195.10585
F(6, 22)
2.29
(p- alue=0.0719) (p-
37.18
alue=0.000)
Likelihood- a io es : 2 (p obabili y)
chiba 2(01)= 67.76 *** (p-
alue=0.000)
Jackkni e– obus s anda d e o s a e in pa en heses. *
p<0.1; ** p<0.05; ***p<0.01.
The esul s o he Tobi panel da a e lec he exis ence o a signi ican and nega i e
ela ionship a le el o signi icance o 1%, wi h he exis ence o duali y in he Boa ds o
Di ec o s. The e o e, in hose companies whe e he oles o chie execu i e and chai man
o he Boa d is in he same pe son, he Human Capi al disclosu e is mino . These esul s
a e consis en wi h hose ob ained in p e ious s udies (Alleg ini & G eco, 2013; Ba ako
& B own, 2008; Ce bioni & Pa bone i, 2007; Gul & Leung, 2004; Li e al., 2008), hus
con i ming he hi d hypo hesis (H3).
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Gende di e si y has a posi i e signi ican ela ionship a 5%. Tha is, Boa ds o di ec o s
wi h mo e women p o ide mo e in o ma ion on he Human Capi al. We con i m ha
woman p esen s a mo e esponsible beha iou conce ning olun a y disclosu e o
in o ma ion (P ado-Lo enzo & Ga cia-Sanchez, 2010). In his sense, we accep he i h
hypo hesis (H5).
We can also con i m he six h hypo hesis (H6) on he ac i i y o he Boa d o Di ec o s
o a signi icance le el o 90%. Thus, a g ea e numbe o mee ings educes po en ial
p oblems o asymme ic in o ma ion, since egula mee ings makes mo e e icien he
unc ions o supe ision and con ol a ibu ed o he Boa d (Kanaga e nam e al., 2007).
This esul is simila o ha ob ained in he wo k o Alleg ini and G eco (2013).
The con ol a iables ha e been signi ican . Thus, he e is a posi i e ela ionship o a le el
o 5% wi h he sensi i e sec o . They a e sec o s wi h socially esponsible beha iou on
i s disclosu e policy (Kolk & Pe ego, 2010). In addi ion, he age a iable has a posi i e
signi ican ela ionship a 1%, e ealing ha hose companies who disclose mo e
in o ma ion we e he mo e ma u e (Mu akin & Khan, 2014).
Finally, we could no e i y he ou h hypo hesis (H4) because i was no signi ican .
5. Conclusions
The aim o his s udy was o apply he Human Capi al disclosu e amewo k o analyze
he policy o in o ma ion disclosu e on Human Capi al conduc ed by companies in hei
in eg a ed annual and sus ainabili y epo s. As well as o de e mine he mechanisms o
good go e nance ha can a ec he supply o in o ma ion.
This s udy o e s a numbe o in e es ing ideas o li e a u e on Human Capi al disclosu e
and p esen s se e al heo e ical and policy implica ions. We wan o con ibu e o he
s udy o Human Capi al disclosu e om he pe spec i e o knowledge gene a ion and
social esponsibili y h ough a longi udinal s udy o 8 yea s (2007-2014) using panel da a
in o de o s udy he end ha companies show in espec o ha issue. Unde he ene s
o he heo y o esou ces and capabili ies, legi imacy and s akeholde s, he esul s show
ha companies a e disclosing olun a y in o ma ion on Human Capi al and has
main ained he le el o disclosu e p o ided h oughou hose yea s. While we ha e
obse ed ha in he yea s unde s udy he e a e e y simila le els o in o ma ion
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