%0 Journal Article %T The Effect of Proprietary Costs and Ownership Structure on the Disclosure of Directors¡¯ Share Options %J International Journal of Finance and Accounting %@ 2168-4820 %D 2013 %I %R 10.5923/j.ijfa.20130202.07 %X This study examines the proprietariness of information and the influence of ownership structure on the disclosure of information on directors¡¯ share options of 140 Malaysian public listed companies over a 2 year period (2004-2005). Results revealed that family and government ownership dominate managers¡¯ disclosure decision of directors¡¯ share options information. The proprietariness of information did not seem to affect the disclosure decisions of managers in providing directors¡¯ share options information. %K Directors¡¯ Share Options %K Proprietary Costs %K Ownership Structure %U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ijfa.20130202.07.html