Journal of Administrative and Business Studies
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Journal ISSN: 2414-309X
Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.20474/jabs-6.1.1
Received: 4 September 2019
Accepted: 6 November 2019
Published: 12 February 2020
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  • Accounting information technology and village finance management in Indonesia


Rindu Rika Gamayuni

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine (1) The effect of accounting information technology on management accounting Information Quality (IQ), and (2) The effect of management accounting IQ on village finance management, and (3) The effect of Act of Republik Indonesia (RI) Number 6/2014 on village finance management. This study population uses the villages in Indonesia. The questionnaire as primary data is statistically processed and tested using Structural Equation Model Partial Least Square (SEM-PLS). This study provides empirical evidence that the implementation of accounting information technology has a positive and significant effect on management accounting IQ. The v accounting information technology has a positive and significant effect on village finance management. The more quality of the information technology application generates, the better the village finance management (transparent, accountable, participative). The implementation of Act Number 6/2014 about The Village has a positive and significant effect on village finance management. The implementation of Act Number 6/2014 is reflected by being implemented the strategy, organization, movement, leadership, and reasonable control so that it will create transparent, accountable, and participative village finance management. This result implies that villages must implement a high-quality management accounting information system to produce quality information to improve village finance management. The novelty of this research is to give empirical proof about information technology and quality of management accounting in the village as the public sector, which is essential to create transparent, accountable, and participative village finance management.