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Decision Science Letters

ISSN 1929-5812 (Online) - ISSN 1929-5804 (Print)
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Volume 14 Issue 2 pp. 473-482 , 2025

Integrating the AHP and TOPSIS methods to select accounting staff Pages 473-482 Right click to download the paper Download PDF

Authors: Anh Tuan Nguyen, Vo Van Tuye

DOI: 10.5267/j.dsl.2024.12.008

Keywords: Analytical Hierarchy Process, TOPSIS, Accountant, Communication skills, Professional skills

Abstract: This study aims to select accountants for a business in Vietnam. The study engaged in focused discussions with experts to establish the criteria for an accountant. Next, structured interviews were conducted with experts to collect data comparing each pair of criteria and expert scoring data for each candidate according to each criterion. Then, the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) was applied to determine the weight Wj of each criterion of an accountant, and finally the TOPSIS method was applied to find the similarity coefficient with the ideal solution Ci* for each candidate selection option. The result was that candidate A1 was selected because he had the highest Ci* coefficient of 0.81479; at the same time, through the weighted results Wj of the criteria, it showed that experts highly appreciated the candidate for the following outstanding characteristics: communication skills (W1 = 0.4108), professional skills (W4 = 0.2527), and personal skills (W2 = 0.1613).



How to cite this paper
Nguyen, A & Tuye, V. (2025). Integrating the AHP and TOPSIS methods to select accounting staff.Decision Science Letters , 14(2), 473-482.

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Journal: Decision Science Letters | Year: 2025 | Volume: 14 | Issue: 2 | Views: 332 | Reviews: 0

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