Identifying Extrinsic Intervening Components of Organization on the Accounting Information System in Decision Making of Public Sector Managers Based on the ORESTE Technique

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Assistant Professor of Accounting, Islamic Azad University, Baft Branch, Baft, Iran.

2 Ph.D. Student of Accounting, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.

Abstract

Subject and Purpose of the Article: ,the main purpose of this study is to identify the components of external organizational intervention on the accounting information system in decision making of public sector managers based on the ORESTE technique.
Research Method: The present study was conducted using a mixed research method in two parts: qualitative and quantitative. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative section is the faculty members of universities and executive directors and employees of the public sector and in the quantitative section is 76 stakeholders in the areas of financial reporting supply chain.
Research Findings: In order to achieve the objectives of the research, the questions for the interview were designed and finally 10 categories of accounting information system, cultural factors, political factors, economic factors, increasing responsiveness, legal factors, training of specialized and knowledgeable manpower, infrastructure and Technology, environmental conditions and investors and sub-components related to each factor based on grounded theory approach have been identified as external factors affecting the accounting information system in the decision-making of public sector managers. Then, the identified indicators are placed in the form of a questionnaire and are ranked using the ORESTE technique. The results showed that the indicators of economic instability, economic fluctuations and changes in the country, macroeconomic indicators and the index of eliminating the weaknesses of the accounting and financial reporting system have the highest ranking among the indicators, respectively.

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  • Receive Date: 25 October 2021
  • Revise Date: 16 March 2022
  • Accept Date: 24 February 2022

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