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Factors affecting judgments of professional accountants : a comparative study of Australia and Fiji

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Title: Factors affecting judgments of professional accountants : a comparative study of Australia and Fiji
Related: Accounting Association of Australia and New Zealand Conference (6 - 8 July 2008 : Sydney)
Related: 2008 AFAANZ conference : papers
Related: http://www.afaanz.org/openconf/2008/modules/request.php?module=oc_proceedings&action=view.php&a=Accept+as+Forum&id=368
Publisher: Sydney : AFAANZ
Date: 2008
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 080600 Information Systems
Author/Creator: Chand, Parmod
Description: This study extends prior cross-cultural research by examining the effects of both cultural and non-cultural variables on judgments of professional accountants. By including a wider spectrum of variables than has been considered individually by prior researchers, the study may provide a better explanation of the factors causing differences in the judgments of professional accountants. It examines the extent and the cause of differences in judgments between professional accountants in Australia and Fiji when interpreting and applying selected International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) which contain uncertainty expressions. It is expected that the level of conservatism shared by accountants in a country will affect their interpretation of uncertainty expressions used to establish the threshold for recognition of various accounting elements. The results obtained on the cultural dimensions of Uncertainty Avoidance, Individualism, Masculinity and Long-term Orientation provided conclusive evidence that Fijian accountants exhibit stronger conservatism when compared to Australian accountants. This study provides empirical evidence to support the view that national culture has a significant effect on the manner in which professional accountants in a country interpret uncertainty expressions contained in the IFRSs. The results also provide strong support for the argument that national culture and organizational culture (big 4 and non–big 4 firm affiliation) interact to influence the judgments of professional accountants. Additional analyses carried out to identify the effects of other non–cultural factors on judgments of professional accountants in Australia and Fiji show that both the professional accountant’s level of familiarity with IFRSs and their perceived level of complexity in each of the three scenarios used in this study have a significant effect on their judgments. An important implication of this study is that both cultural and non-cultural factors impact on the judgments of professional accountants.
Description: 48 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 080600 Information Systems
Resource Type: conference paper
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Accounting and Finance

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/101687
Identifier: mq-rm-2008000640
Language: eng
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