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An empirical investigation of the impact of globalisation and information technology on the role of the management accountant: evidence from the United Arab Emirates

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  • Sawsan Saadi Halbouni
  • Mohamed Abdalla Nour

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This paper investigated the impact of globalisation, information technology and market forces on the traditional role of management accountants of providing relevant information for managerial decisions in an emerging market in the Middle East. The paper conducted a survey of practising management accountants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to examine their perceptions towards the effect of changes in the business environment on their current and future roles, and the extent to which globalisation and information technology (IT) have enabled them to provide better support for management decision making. The study findings indicate that globalisation and information technology are two key factors driving the change in the contemporary role of UAE management accountants. Local market forces were found to have no effect on the role of the management accountant. Thus, the principal contribution of this paper is drawing attention to the influence of globalisation, information technology, and gender on the changing role of contemporary management accountants. It is hoped that this would provide the first building block for theory that relates contextual factors to the role and function of management accountants.

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  • Sawsan Saadi Halbouni & Mohamed Abdalla Nour, 2013. "An empirical investigation of the impact of globalisation and information technology on the role of the management accountant: evidence from the United Arab Emirates," International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 9(3), pages 286-306.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijaape:v:9:y:2013:i:3:p:286-306
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    1. Robert Rieg, 2018. "Tasks, interaction and role perception of management accountants: evidence from Germany," Journal of Management Control: Zeitschrift für Planung und Unternehmenssteuerung, Springer, vol. 29(2), pages 183-220, August.
    2. Bo Karlsson & Anders Hersinger & Monika Kurkkio, 2019. "Hybrid accountants in the age of the business partner: exploring institutional drivers in a mining company," Journal of Management Control: Zeitschrift für Planung und Unternehmenssteuerung, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 185-211, July.

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