Accountants' Professional Affiliation, Characteristics and Knowledge of Activity Based Costing
(1997) Accountants' Professional Affiliation, Characteristics and Knowledge of Activity Based Costing . Journal of Accounting, Accountability and Performance 3(1):pp. 67-83.
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Abstract
This paper examines the association between certain demographic characteristics of accountants and their knowledge of activity based costing. The motivation for this study was the different explanations for the gap between management accounting theory and practice in previous studies. The data for this study was obtained by surveying a sample of seven hundred and ten accountants who were members of a professional accounting association. The results indicate that the characteristics of membership to a particular accounting body, length of tenure, size and type of employing firm are strongly associated with accountants' level of knowledge of activity based costing. Implications of these results to professional accounting bodies, employing organisations and their management are also discussed.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | Activity based costing, professional accountants |
| Subjects: | 220000 Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts - General |
| ID Code: | 13666 |
| Deposited By: | Hutchinson, Marion R |
| Deposited On: | 02 July 2008 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/gbs/afe/journal/home.html |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 1997 Griffith Business School Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University |
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