Professionalism, Competency and Financial Reporting Quality: A Perception of Director of Finance in a Changing Public Sector Reporting Standard
Kualiti Profesionalisme, Kecekapan dan Pelaporan Kewangan: Persepsi Pengarah Kewangan dalam Pelaporan Sektor Awam yang Berubah Piawai

Department of Local Government &
Development Studies
Faculty of Administration
Ahmadu Bello University
Kaduna State Nigeria Zaria, NIGERIA.

mmustaphaphd@gmail.com

Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy
Universiti Utara Malaysia
06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, MALAYSIA.

norizah@uum.edu.my

Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy
Universiti Utara Malaysia
06010 UUM Sintok, Kedah, MALAYSIA.

halimahmad@uum.edu.my

Abstract

The Financial Reporting Quality (FRQ) refers to better information dissemination across different users. It remains a prevalent factor for organizations’ performance and survival. The public sector in many countries, have witnessed considerable changes in the past decades. The prominent one being the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) for the public sector entities. Drawing on contingency and institutional theories, this study examine the perception of directors of finance regarding the effects of professionalism on the relationship between staff competency and FRQ under a new accounting standard. Using survey research approach and self-administered questionnaire, data were gathered from 118 directors of finance representing local governments of four States in the north-west geographical zone of Nigeria. The Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) revealed a significant positive relation between staff competence and FRQ. Conversely, no significant effect was found in the interaction of professionalism on the model. The study implication was discussed in the context of Nigeria.

Keywords

competence; Financial reporting quality; professionalism; theory
https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-57-07

Citation

Mustapha, M., Ku Ismail, K. N. I., & Ahmad, H. N. (2019). Professionalism, Competency and Financial Reporting Quality: A Perception of Director of Finance in a Changing Public Sector Reporting Standard. Jurnal Pengurusan, 57, 95–114. https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-57-07

@article{mustapha2019professionalism,
  title={Professionalism, Competency and Financial Reporting Quality: A Perception of Director of Finance in a Changing Public Sector Reporting Standard},
  author={Mustapha, Maruf and Ku Ismail, Ku Nor Izah and Ahmad, Halimah Nasibah},
  journal={Jurnal Pengurusan},
 

volume={57},
  number={},
  pages={95—114},
  year={2019},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.17576/pengurusan-2019-57-07},
  publisher={Penerbit UKM},
}

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