IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

WORLD JOURNAL OF FINANCE AND INVESTMENT RESEARCH (WJFIR )

E-ISSN 2550-7125
P-ISSN 2682-5902
VOL. 6 NO. 2 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/wjfir.v6.no2.2022.pg27.40

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Strategic Management Accounting and Financial Statement Quality of Quoted Manufacturing Companies in Nigeria

Imo, ThankGod Obutor (PhD)

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Abstract

The study determined the relationship between strategic management accounting and financial statement quality of quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria. Strategic management accounting was the independent variable, while reliability of financial statements was adopted as the measure of financial statement quality. The study was guided by one specific objective, one research question and one research hypothesis. The study was anchored on Contingency theory and adopted the survey research design. The population of the study consisted of one hundred and seventy-seven (177) manufacturing companies Nigeria that are listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). The sample size consisted of one hundred and twenty-three (123) employees and managers of the selected manufacturing companiesin Nigeria. The sample size of this study was determined by Taro Yamane’s formula. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Structured questionnaire was the data collection instrument used. Frequencies, simple percentages and weighted mean were used to analyse the demographic data of the respondents and other questionnaire items while Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypotheses formulated at 5% level of significance. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to run the data analysis. There is a positive and significant relationship between value chain analysis and reliability of financial statements of quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria, there is a positive and significant relationship between value chain analysis and timeliness of financial statements of quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria, there is a positive and significant relationship between balance scorecard and reliability of financial statements of quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria and lastly, there is a positive and significant relationship between balance scorecard and timeliness of financial statements of quoted manufactur

keywords:

Strategic Management Accounting, Financial Statement Quality, Value Chain, Balance Scorecard, Timeliness and Reliability of financial statement

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