Influence Of Top Management Support Research Articles

The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction in Relationship Between Top Management Support on Employee Performance

The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction in Relationship Between Top Management Support on Employee Performance

Analisis Dukungan Manajemen Puncak Terhadap Kualitas Laporan Keuangan dengan SIMDA Sebagai Mediasi

This research aims to find out what is the influence of top management support on the quality of financial reports with Simda as mediation. This research uses a quantitative research design, primary data as the data source, and questionnaires as the main data collection tool. To evaluate several hypotheses, an analysis method known as Partial Least Squares was used using the WrapPLS 7.0 program. The conclusion is that top management support has an impact on regional management information systems, top management support has an impact on the quality of financial reports, regional management information systems have an impact on the quality of financial reports, and regional management information systems mediate top management support for high quality financial reports.
 Keywords: Financial Report Quality, Regional Management Information System, Top Management Support

Examining the impact of top management support on employee creativity through the mediating role of knowledge management and absorptive capacity

PurposeDrawing on the knowledge-based view and social exchange theory, this study aims to examine how top management support relates both directly and indirectly to employee creativity through knowledge management processes (acquisition and sharing) and absorptive capacity.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 284 academics and researchers working in research centres in Iraq’s public universities to assess their perceptions of management support, knowledge management, absorptive capacity and creativity.FindingsPerforming structural equation modelling with AMOS, positive relationships were identified between top management support, knowledge management processes, absorptive capacity and employee creativity. The study findings emphasise the pivotal role of top management support in creating an environment that fosters knowledge acquisition and sharing, and enhancing absorptive capacity, in turn, amplifying employee creativity. Empirical evidence confirming the salient role of knowledge management and absorptive capacity in strengthening employee creativity in the context of Iraqi academia and researchers is presented.Originality/valueThe study shows that knowledge management processes and absorptive capacity mediate the influence of top management support on employee creativity. The premise of absorptive capacity is the individual’s ability to identify, accumulate and assimilate relevant knowledge from external sources and commercialise the gained knowledge.

Influence of Top Management Support on Performance of State Corporations in Kenya

State corporations in Kenya have undergone several scrutinizes due to their poor performances. The study thus sought to determine the influence of top management support on performance of state corporations in Kenya. The study adopted the descriptive research design method to ascertain and describe the characteristics and status of the variables. A sample size of 264 respondents selected from State Corporations in Kenya was reached, and a semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Data was analyzed using the SPSS software. The study findings showed that top management support has a positive and significant relationship with performance. The study also found out that management’s commitment determines the level of organizational success, thus performance and that the policies defined by the government in conjunction with the State Corporations influence the degree of performance. Most top leaders in State Corporations have upheld the stated visions and have been working to ensure they are achieved, thus, most corporations recorded high performance. The study recommends that the top management in organizations need to pay greater attention to the mission and vision of their corporations in order to come up with high-level strategies for their achievement. The study also recommends that the government of Kenya should re-evaluate the policies set for management of State Corporations and improve on them so that they can be able to address the changes being experienced in the management environment, as this will scale up organizational performance. The government and other the regulatory bodies should implement supportive policies for top management in State Corporations to adopt for enhanced performance Keywords: Top management support, performance, state corporations, Kenya

An analysis of sustainable change management for quality 4.0: Evidence from hybrid project management adoption in the Malaysian FinTech context

In this paper, the authors aim to analyse organisational intention and focus on hybrid project management (HPM) methodology adoption in FinTech system software development. It is important to ascertain the internal and external factors that affect organisational decision-makers’ intentions towards HPM adoption. This study aims to apply a theoretical approach integrating Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE), which examines the factors that impact FinTech organisations’ decisions to adopt HPM into their software development projects, together with the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) which examines the behavioural intention. It addresses those factors that form organisational decision-makers’ readiness for HPM implementation and enable their intention to use it. When combining the independent, dependent, and moderating variables, the results show that the effect of relative advantage, top management support, and industry pressure have a positive influence on individual’s attitude towards HPM adoption in FinTech Malaysia and sustainability in Quality 4.0. The authors also considered the influence of attitudes and perceived behavioural control variables having a positive influence on sustainable intention of HPM adoption in the FinTech industry. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was used to verify the proposed hypotheses, with the exception of the direct influence of top management support or attitude on intention to adopt.

Selected Organisational Capabilities Affecting Implementation of ERP Systems

This research sought to find out the influence of top management support on ERP Implementation; find out the impact of business processes reengineering on ERP Implementation; identify the impact of ICT Infrastructure on ERP Implementation; and establish the influence of tacit knowledge users (user involvement) on ERP Implementation. The study used descriptive research design, where it obtained a sample size of 70 respondents and selected the respondents using stratified proportionate sampling. The study data collected from primary sources using structured questionnaire directly administered to the respondents based on the drop and pick method. Data was analysed using quantitative analysis to produce descriptive statistics followed by inferential analysis for estimating a model and it results represented using figures and tables and explained using narrative and its data analysis assisted by SPSS software. The study concludes that; there is a positive and significant relationship between top management support and ERP Implementation; business processes reengineering positively significantly influences ERP Implementation, Information communication technology infrastructure has a significant moderate influence on its ERP implementation, and tacit knowledge users have significant moderate influence on ERP Implementation. The study recommends that UN-Habitat should; clearly spell out the role of top management involvement, review its business process policy to accommodate various system development activities improves existing ICT infrastructure to match the proposed requirement of the vendor to implement ERP system; and acquire the appropriate tacit knowledge users for ERP implementation possessing.

Pengaruh Dukungan Manajemen Puncak, Kemampuan Teknik Personal, Program Pendidikan Dan Pelatihan Terhadap Kinerja Sistem Informasi Akuntansi

The purpose of this study is to determine the Effect of Top Management Support, Personal Engineering Ability, Education and Training Programs on the Performance of Accounting Information Systems. This research was conducted on all agencies in the Tabanan Regency Local Government.. primary data obtained using questionnaires. The population in this study was 5,006 employees in the Tabanan Regency Local Government Office. The sampling technique used in purposive sampling with 63 respondents. The analysis technique used is Multiple Linear Regression. Result show that the Influence of Top Management Support, Personal Ability, Education and Training Programs has a positive and significant effect on the Performance of Accounting Information Systems.

Examining the critical factors of computer-assisted audit tools and techniques adoption in the post-COVID-19 period: internal auditors perspective

PurposeIn light of the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic, electronic auditing otherwise known as computer-assisted audit tools and techniques (CAATTs) has become inevitable to automate the auditing process worldwide. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to examine the influence of technological, organizational and environmental (TOE) factors on public sector adoption of CAATTs in developing countries such as Jordan under the COVID-19 pandemic conditions.Design/methodology/approachThis study used 136 usable responses from the managers of internal audit (IA) of the Jordanian public sector entities. The data collected were analyzed using partial least squares-structural equation modeling. The TOE framework has been used in this study to consider a wide set of TOE factors. Then, this study suggests a CAATTs adoption model that incorporates the related technology factors of the diffusion of innovation theory to environmental and organizational factors. Further, this study contributes to the TOE framework by addressing government regulations, audit bodies’ support and audit task complexity as environmental factors affecting CAATTs adoption in the context of the public sector.FindingsThe results revealed that for technological factors, only the compatibility affects CAATTs adoption by the IA departments. For organizational factors, organizational readiness, top management support, auditors’ information technology competency and entity size were found to be significant factors. From the environmental factors, both government regulation and audit task complexity influence the CAATTs adoption. Besides, entity size moderates the influence of top management support on the CAATTs adoption in the public sector.Practical implicationsThe findings could highlight the significance of the CAATTs adoption in the public sector institutions (by internal auditors) post-COVID-19, taking into consideration the TOE framework’s factors. Also, the findings are significant for the decision-makers and regulators in declaring new legislation for the electronic IA profession in the Jordanian public sector.Social implicationsIt turns out that the CAATTs adoption in the public sector can definitely enhance their ability to achieve the role of IA in preserving public funds and restricting corrupt practices within the public sector.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is one of the first studies that address the professional audit agency support and audit task complexity as environmental factors, as well as the entity size as an organizational factor, that affect CAATTs adoption in the IA department of the public sector.

EMA Implementation and Corporate Environmental Firm Performance: A Comparison of Institutional Pressures and Environmental Uncertainty

Environmental management accounting (EMA) practices guide a firm’s response to perceived environmental uncertainty (EU) and various institutional pressures (IP). Drawing upon institutional theory, this study explores the relative effects of institutional pressures and environmental uncertainty on the implementation of EMA, an environmental strategy (ES), and the resulting environmental performance (EP) of firms under the influence of top-management support (TMS) and perceived benefits (PB). Based on data collected from 243 firms operating in Suzhou, one of the busiest business hubs in China, this research used the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. Findings reveal that environmental uncertainty exerts a stronger influence on the adoption of EMA practices than institutional pressures; however, the choice of a firm’s environmental strategy is more influenced by institutional pressures. Likewise, the serial-mediation effect of environmental strategy and EMA practices is observed to be the strongest in the case of coercive pressures, with some notable moderation effect for perceived benefits and top-management support. The study concludes with theoretical and managerial implications.

Critical Success Factors for ERP Systems’ Post-Implementations of SMEs in Saudi Arabia: A Top Management and Vendors’ Perspective

Although numerous case studies have determined the critical success factors (CSFs) for enterprise resource planning (ERP) during adoption and implementation stages, empirical investigations of CSFs for ERP in post-implementation stages (after going live) are in scarcity. As such, this study examined the influence of top management support and vendor support as CSFs on the post-implementation stage of ERP systems in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). A total of 177 end-users of ERP systems from two manufacturing organizations in KSA that had implemented on-premises ERP systems were involved in this study. Data gathered from structured questionnaires were analyzed using SmartPLS3 and SPSS software programs. The regression analysis was performed to assess the correlations among the variables. Out of seven CSFs identified from the literature, the impact of top management support was significant on user training, competency of internal Information Technology (IT) department, and effective communication between departments, but insignificant on continuous vendor support. Meanwhile, continuous vendor support had a significant influence on continuous integration of the system, but insignificant on user interfaces and custom code. The study outcomes may serve as practical guidance for effective post-implementation in ERP systems. Referring to the proposed research model, ERP post-implementation success in KSA was significantly influenced by top management support, whereas continuous vendor support displayed a substantial impact on the continuous integration of ERP systems.

PENGARUH KETERLIBATAN PEMAKAI, KOMPLEKSITAS TUGAS DAN DUKUNGAN MANAJER TERHADAP EFEKTIVITAS PENERAPAN SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI PADA KOPERASI SIMPAN PINJAM DI KECAMATAN DENPASAR SELATAN

The accounting information system helps in terms of making external reports, supporting routine activities, supporting decision making, planning and controlling and implementing internal control. The effectiveness of accounting information systems can be influenced by a number of factors including: the involvement of users or employees who use accounting information systems, the complexity of the work done by employees, and the support of top management. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of user involvement, task complexity, and top management support on the effectiveness of the use of accounting information systems in Saving and Credit Cooperatives in South Denpasar District. The population used in this study were all Savings and Loan Cooperative employees in the South Denpasar District of 285 people. Determination of the sample using purposive sampling so that 83 people were obtained as samples. After testing the instrument and testing the classic assumptions, then data analysis is performed using multiple linear regression analysis, determination, t test, and F test. The results of the analysis showed that the influence of user involvement on the effectiveness of the application of accounting information systems obtained a regression coefficient of 0.678, a t-test value of 8.831 and a significant value of the t test of 0.000 <0.05, so H1 was accepted. The effect of task complexity on the effectiveness of applying the accounting information system obtained a regression coefficient of -0.261, a calculated t value of -2.069 and a significant value of t test of 0.042 <0.05, so H2 was accepted. The influence of top management support on the effectiveness of the application of accounting information systems obtained a regression coefficient of 0.451, a calculated t value of 2.636 and a significant value of t test of 0.010 <0.05, so that H3 is accepted. It is suggested to cooperatives to keep trying to develop and implement a better and quality accounting information system.

INFLUENCE OF TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ON PROCUREMENT REGULATORY COMPLIANCE LEVEL IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA

Purpose: This research focused on the influence of top management support on procurement regulatory compliance level in public universities in Kenya. Methodology: The study used Ex-post facto design, the research design was chosen because the study aimed at investigating the causal relationship on variables, which cannot be controlled by the researcher. The researcher applied the census sampling technique to select the sample size of 31 public universities and 333 respondents. The study was informed by the Principal-Agent Theory. Primary data was collected through the use of questionnaires issued to the procurement staffs in the sampled universities. This study undertook a census because the sample size was small. Data collected from the field was coded and cleaned to remove outliers or missing values and categorized manually according to the questionnaire items using frequency distribution tables and percentages. The researcher used both descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of statistical package of Social Science (SPSS) version 24 to analyze the data.Findings: Top management was found to be satisfactory significant in contribution as a factor to procurement regulatory compliance level. The p value 0.000 was less than the conventional probability of 0.05 at a testing at 95% level of significance. Motivation and rewards to staff can be used as a strategy to combat the personal interest that arise in preference to fulfill their duties and assignments. Management acts as the framework to the functionality of the procurement department and activities thereof. Top management making efforts on motivating the staff individually leads to an exemplary performance.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: Deficient checking and assessment of the functioning in an organization is connected to the non-attendance to a controllable situation. The existing hindrances from the top management for the staffs to engage and enhance adoption and application of total quality management in procurement should be eradicated. Disciplinary steps should be taken on staff with unbecoming behaviors in effort to uphold ethical practice. There should be freedom of staff to discharge their duties as assigned to them by the top management

INFLUENCE OF TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT ON PROCUREMENT REGULATORY COMPLIANCE LEVEL IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA

Purpose: This research focused on the influence of top management support on procurement regulatory compliance level in public universities in Kenya. Methodology: The study used Ex-post facto design, the research design was chosen because the study aimed at investigating the causal relationship on variables, which cannot be controlled by the researcher. The researcher applied the census sampling technique to select the sample size of 31 public universities and 333 respondents. The study was informed by the Principal-Agent Theory. Primary data was collected through the use of questionnaires issued to the procurement staffs in the sampled universities. This study undertook a census because the sample size was small. Data collected from the field was coded and cleaned to remove outliers or missing values and categorized manually according to the questionnaire items using frequency distribution tables and percentages. The researcher used both descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of statistical package of Social Science (SPSS) version 24 to analyze the data.Findings: Top management was found to be satisfactory significant in contribution as a factor to procurement regulatory compliance level. The p value 0.000 was less than the conventional probability of 0.05 at a testing at 95% level of significance. Motivation and rewards to staff can be used as a strategy to combat the personal interest that arise in preference to fulfill their duties and assignments. Management acts as the framework to the functionality of the procurement department and activities thereof. Top management making efforts on motivating the staff individually leads to an exemplary performance.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: Deficient checking and assessment of the functioning in an organization is connected to the non-attendance to a controllable situation. The existing hindrances from the top management for the staffs to engage and enhance adoption and application of total quality management in procurement should be eradicated. Disciplinary steps should be taken on staff with unbecoming behaviors in effort to uphold ethical practice. There should be freedom of staff to discharge their duties as assigned to them by the top management

The Influence of Top Management Support on Zakat Accounting Information System User Satisfaction in Baznas

This study aims to get the truth through hypothesis testing related to the influence of top management support on zakat accounting information system user satisfaction, the results of this study will be a solution to the problems that occur and can develop accounting science. The method of this research is explanatory research, the type of data used is primary data with a questionnaire instrument distributed to 21 Baznas with the observer unit of the system users in Baznas and the hypothesis testing tool used linear regression. The results showed that top management support influenced the level of satisfaction of the users of the system, both related to leadership, commitment and the provision of available resources at Baznas with a percentage of 59.5% while the remaining 40.5 was influenced by other factors that were not researched. Keywords: Top management support and system user satisfaction. DOI: 10.7176/RJFA/11-6-11 Publication date: March 31 st 2020

Unleashing the role of top management and government support in green supply chain management and sustainable development goals.

Achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has become one of the most important goals across the globe due to their significant role in the economic prosperity and human well-being. Recently, the business industry has become a dominant concentration for SDGs. However, the importance of small- and medium-sized industries has been rarely debated in this perspective. In particular, no attempt has yet been made to estimate the commitment of small and medium Enterprises (SMEs) towards SDGs in the emerging market in Pakistan. This study fills the gap by examining the influence of top management support on SDGs (e.g., environment and community practices) with a mediating role of green supply chain management and government support as a moderator. The model of this study is tested through structural equation modeling on the cross-sectional data collected through a structured questionnaire from 313 Pakistani SMEs. The results show that top management support significantly influences green supply chain management, environment, and community-based SDGs. Green supply chain management plays a partial mediating role between top management support and environment practices as well as between top management support and community practices. Government support significantly strengthens the relationship between top management support and green supply chain management. This research recommends SMEs to encourage participation in green supply chain practices and SDGs. Additionally, this research strongly suggests the government to facilitate SMEs in the adoption of green practices that can resultantly contribute to SDGs. Further implications have stated.

Influence of Top Management Support on Quality of Accounting Information Systems at Insurance Companies, Evidence in Indonesia

Influence of Top Management Support on Quality of Accounting Information Systems at Insurance Companies, Evidence in Indonesia

Uncovering the influence mechanism between top management support and green procurement: The effect of green training

Abstract Green procurement is a key component in green supply chain management (GSCM), and top management support is a key factor in the implementation of environmental practice in firms. An increase in the amount or academic research on GSCM has led to studies on the important influence of top management support for green procurement, but the influence mechanism has remained largely unexplored. To fill this research gap, this study, centering on Chinese manufacturing firms, develops a moderated multiple mediation model to highlight the effect of green training. It aims to uncover the influence mechanism between top management support and green procurement. Using regression methods to analyze data from 171 questionnaires, we find that their relationship can be mediated by green training on awareness and responsibility and on technical knowledge and skills. Additionally, we find that the latter has a stronger mediating effect and that the corporate social responsibility (CSR) culture of firms can negatively moderate these two mediating effects. This study contributes to a better understanding of the influence mechanism among specific related factors. Its implications can also be used for reference by managers.

Investigating the influence of organizational factors on blockchain adoption

PurposeBlockchain possesses the potential to disrupt and reshape a plethora of industries in the next decade. However, blockchain adoption rates in technology developed countries, such as Ireland, are relatively low. Motivated by blockchain’s potential to transform sociotechnical systems, the lack of systematic inquiry pertaining to blockchain studies from an information system perspective, the authors propose the following research question: “How do organizational factors influence blockchain adoption in organizations based in a developed country?” Specifically, the purpose of this paper is to elucidate the impact of organizational factors on the adoption of blockchain and the adoption of blockchain in companies based in Ireland.Design/methodology/approachA comprehensive literature review was conducted, and the methods of qualitative content analysis were used to identify the most important technology–organization–environment (TOE) blockchain adoption factors. Organizational factors are often viewed as the most significant determinants of IT innovation adoption in organizations. Consequently, using a multiple-case study of 20 companies based in Ireland, the authors investigate how the top three organizational factors identified from the blockchain literature affected these companies decision to adopt or not adopt blockchain.FindingsThe literature review on blockchain adoption identified specific technological, organizational and environmental factors. Furthermore, the case study findings identified three patterns: top management support and organizational readiness are enablers for blockchain adoption, and large companies are more likely to adopt blockchain than small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The authors explain these patterns by examining the nature of blockchain and the characteristics of Ireland as a developed country. Practical and scientific contributions are also presented.Research limitations/implicationsThis study makes several important scientific contributions. First, the findings revealed that top management support and organizational readiness are significant enablers of blockchain adoption. Ireland is recognized as a technology developed country; however, the findings in relation to top management support contradict existing IT adoption literature pertaining to developed countries. Second, previous IT innovation adoption literature suggests that organizations size has a positive influence on a company’s IT innovation adoption process. This study demonstrates that large organizations are more likely to not only adopt blockchain but are also more likely to conduct increased levels of blockchain research and development activities. Finally, and most significantly, the authors identified several patterns, which relate specifically to Ireland as a developed country that influenced the findings. These findings could hold particular relevance to governments and organizations of other developed countries in terms of accelerating blockchain adoption.Practical implicationsThe findings about the low level of blockchain awareness and the lack of information pertaining to viable business use cases indicate that the Irish government could play a more significant role in promoting the benefits of blockchain technologies. Further, the findings could also encourage IT providers to formulate enhanced strategies aimed at disseminating information pertaining to blockchain technologies. Second, the positive influence of top management support and organizational readiness, particularly about core competencies, on blockchain adoption suggests that equipping managers with the requisite knowledge and skills will be crucial in adopting these IT innovations. Finally, organizations who adopted blockchain used cloud-based blockchain platforms and tools to overcome the constraints of their initial low levels of organizational readiness.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies to identify specific TOE blockchain adoption factors. Further, the authors examine how the three most identified organizational adoption factors impact organizations decisions to adopt blockchain. Finally, the authors discuss how the resulting three patterns identified by examining the nature of blockchain and the characteristics of Ireland as a technology developed country.

Organizational Attributes and Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning: A Case of Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi County

ERP technology has been embraced as an enterprise-wide package to integrate all necessary business functions into a single system with a shared database. It enhances decision making in business process and systemically harmonizes the activities of sales and marketing, manufacturing processes, operational management, product and service logistics, product purchasing, financial management, product development, and management of human resources. The study examined organizational attributes influencing implementation of enterprise resource planning in a medical research institute in Kenya. The study sought to explore the influence of top management support, implementation team, user support and resource availability on ERP implementation at KEMRI-Wellcome Trust research programme. The study used descriptive survey as research design. The target population was employees of KEMRI Wellcome Trust and Technobrain Kenya, the consulting firm. Data collection methods used were questionnaires. A preliminary study was carried out to test the rationality and reliability of the questionnaire. Considering the study was be descriptive in nature, data was analysed using descriptive statistics like frequencies and tables. Linear regression model was also used to validate if the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable is statistically important. The regression indicated that ERP implementation (the dependent variable) was highly influenced by top managements support, implementation team, user support and resource availability (the independent variable). Conclusively, the findings suggested that user support, resource availability, and top management had a central role in implementing effective ERP plans. 
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End-user Satisfaction as an Impact of the System Quality, Information Quality, and Top Management Support, upon the Perceived Usefulness of Technology Utilization

The utilization of Accounting Information System (AIS) by the small, medium, and micro enterprises (SMEs) at present is apparently at the minimum level if not to mention the integrated operation. This study attempts to fathom and analyse, first, the impact of subsequently the system quality, the information quality, the top management support upon the perceived usefulness. Second, the effect of the system quality, the information quality, and the top management support on the end-user information satisfaction. Third, how the perceived usefulness affect the end-user information satisfaction. Fourth, to analyze the effect of the system quality, the information quality, and the top management support on end-user information satisfaction via the perceived usefulness. The study observed the designated SMEs managers in a chosen area of targeted location in East Java, Indonesia. The structural equation modelling was employed to study the effect of those variables under study, namely the system quality, information quality, top management support on the end-user information satisfaction through the perceived usefulness. The results revealed that the system quality, the information quality, as well as the top management support proven to be affecting the designated SMEs perceived usefulness. Among those variables under study, it was proved that the system quality, information quality, top management support influence on the end-user information satisfaction. However, the perceived usefulness is an intervening variable that can mediate the effect of system quality, the information quality, the top management support on the end-user information satisfaction.