The effects of accounting benefit, ERP system quality and management commitment on accountants’ satisfaction

• Main Authors: Nguyen, Thanh Hung, Nguyen, Quynh Trang, Vu, Le Dinh Hoang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Growing Science 2021-01-01
• Series: Accounting
• Online Access: http://www.growingscience.com/ac/Vol7/ac_2020_147.pdf

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are the largest software packages of information systems adopted by many organizations all over the world. The utilization of ERP systems has been considered as a key determinant of competitive advantages. The main objective of the present study is to propose a model of the accountant’s satisfaction in using enterprise ERP systems. Data were collected by using a questionnaire survey of almost 225 accountants working from 42 large Vietnamese construction firms. The results show that accounting benefits, ERP system quality and management commitment had significant effects on accountant’s satisfaction in the ERP environment. The study also indicate that the management commitment had an impact on ERP system quality and ERP system quality had a positive relationship with accounting benefits as well. Based on these findings, implications for managers in Vietnamese construction firms in providing accounting information quality are discussed.