Abstract
Research has shown evidence of impression management through the selective use of graphs in financial reports of Australian firms changing chief executive officer. This paper examines whether boards with characteristics associated with strong corporate governance constrain impression management in the financial reports of Australian firms that change CEOs. Our tests of graph selectivity find that boards with a higher proportion of independent directors appear to be more effective in curbing any potentially opportunistic impression management by new CEOs in the period of their appointment.
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