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Accounting
ISSN 2369-7407 (Online) - ISSN 2369-7393 (Print)
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Volume 7 Issue 6 pp. 1395-1406, 2021

Linking decision and utility theories to financial information usefulness and company performance: A study applied to Portuguese's certified accountants Pages 1395-1406 Right click to download the paper Download PDF

Authors: Albertina Paula Monteiro, Catarina Cepêda, Amélia Silva

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A.P. Monteiro ORCID , C. Cepêda ORCID , A. Silva ORCID
¹ Porto Accounting and Business School, Polytechnic of Porto, CEOS.PP, Portugal
doi 10.5267/j.ac.2021.3.025
5 Source: Scopus
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🔑 Keywords: Certified Accountants, Financial Information usefulness, Company Performance, Decision Making, Utility Theory, Decision Theory

Abstract: The role accounting plays in decision-making in business is a broad topic that has driven academics. This paper is grounded on decision and utility theories. It investigates the Certified Accountants' perception of financial information (FI) usefulness and the company's performance. Based on data collected through a survey applied to certified accountants, this study develops and evaluates an original theoretical model using the Structural Equations Model (SEM). The results reveal that manager's gender and academic qualifications influence the perception of FI utility. Non-owner managers and older companies also attach more significance to FI in decision making. The managers who attribute the most usefulness to FI in decision-making are those of companies with higher performance. Additionally, the results show that the FI usefulness is a mediator variable in the relationship between the characteristics above and company performance. This research helps all stakeholders improve decision-making, studying past events with FI to predict future results and consequently increase the company's success.

How to cite this paper
APA: Monteiro, A., Cepêda, C & Silva, A. (2021). Linking decision and utility theories to financial information usefulness and company performance: A study applied to Portuguese's certified accountants. Accounting, 7(6), 1395-1406.
Chicago/Turabian: Monteiro, A., Cepêda, C & Silva, A. 2021. "Linking decision and utility theories to financial information usefulness and company performance: A study applied to Portuguese's certified accountants." Accounting 7, no. 6 (2021): 1395-1406.
AMA: Monteiro, A., Cepêda, C & Silva, A. Linking decision and utility theories to financial information usefulness and company performance: A study applied to Portuguese's certified accountants. Accounting. 2021;7(6):1395-1406.

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