Factors Influencing the Implementation of Management Accounting Systems in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in Dubai

Omar Albaddad and Mahmoud Nassar

International Business Research, 2018, vol. 11, issue 1, 245-252

Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine whether each of the variables (level of competition, age of enterprise, type of sector, quality of ownership, and size of enterprise) has an impact on adopting administrative accounting practices measured by each of (cost systems, budget systems, performance assessment systems) within small and middle sized industrial enterprises in Dubai, in addition to determining whether enterprises are facing difficulties in applying administrative accounting practices. The population of the study represents all small and middle sized industrial enterprises in Dubai. To achieve the study objectives, a questionnaire is designed and distributed on the study sample which consists of (160) accountants and financial mangers working at small and middle sized enterprises in Dubai. The researcher could retrieve (127) responses and (32) responses have been disregarded; thus, the final study sample is represented by (95) responses. For the purpose of the study, the analytical descriptive approach is also employed. Furthermore, to test the study hypothesis, multiple regression model and One Sample T- test are used. The study findings reveal that small and middle sized enterprises in Dubai apply all administrative accounting practices represented by each of (cost systems, budget systems, performance assessment systems). As well, there is an impact of each of the variables (level of competition, age of enterprise, type of sector, quality of ownership, and size of enterprise) on adopting administrative accounting practices measured by each of (cost systems, budget systems, performance assessment systems). Moreover, the study finds that small and middle sized industrial enterprises in Dubai face difficulties in adopting administrative accounting practices but in a slight degree in which that the arithmetical average value is very close to the default average value.

Keywords: implementation of management accounting systems; small and medium - size enterprises; Dubai (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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