Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms

The present study designs an earnings management improvement model appropriate for Iranian knowledge-based firms (KBFs). This study is interpretive in the model exploration phase and positivist in the model testing phase, and in general, this is applied research. The research sample in the qualitati...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Khadijeh Ghasemi, Hosein Jabbari, Meysam Arabzadeh, Hosein Panahian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad 2022-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ijaaf.um.ac.ir/article_42175_388b73a1ea16c9501f1d265b00d4ad57.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1846109643882889216
author Khadijeh Ghasemi
Hosein Jabbari
Meysam Arabzadeh
Hosein Panahian
author_facet Khadijeh Ghasemi
Hosein Jabbari
Meysam Arabzadeh
Hosein Panahian
author_sort Khadijeh Ghasemi
collection DOAJ
description The present study designs an earnings management improvement model appropriate for Iranian knowledge-based firms (KBFs). This study is interpretive in the model exploration phase and positivist in the model testing phase, and in general, this is applied research. The research sample in the qualitative phase comprises the experts in the field of earnings management, including accounting faculty members (8), senior managers of KBFs (7), and members of the Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) (5); thus, a total number of 20 experts were interviewed to collect the qualitative data. The research questionnaire for collecting the quantitative data was designed according to the exploratory factor analysis (EFA). In the quantitative phase, using the sample size calculator (the G*Power software) at the alpha level of 0.1 and test power of 0.85, the final research sample comprises 153 participants. The research approach uses mixed methods, and the employed strategy is grounded theory. The constant comparative method in the three stages of open, axial, and selective coding based on the Strauss et al. (1996) method and the MAXQDA software was employed to analyse the data. The path analysis of the explored model was carried out based on the variance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) using SPSS version 24 and Smart PLS 3.0. The study results indicate 53 indicators, including more than 18 components and 7 latent variables.
format Article
id doaj-art-57943e022b2046b883b33e1be7a3d802
institution Kabale University
issn 2717-4131
2588-6142
language English
publishDate 2022-12-01
publisher Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
record_format Article
series Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
spelling doaj-art-57943e022b2046b883b33e1be7a3d8022024-12-25T06:52:55ZengFerdowsi University of MashhadIranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance2717-41312588-61422022-12-0164617910.22067/ijaaf.2022.4217542175Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based FirmsKhadijeh Ghasemi0Hosein Jabbari1Meysam Arabzadeh2Hosein Panahian3Department of Accounting, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Kashan Branch, Kashan, IranDepartment of Accounting, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Kashan Branch, Kashan, IranDepartment of Accounting, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Kashan Branch, Kashan, IranDepartment of Accounting, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Kashan Branch, Kashan, IranThe present study designs an earnings management improvement model appropriate for Iranian knowledge-based firms (KBFs). This study is interpretive in the model exploration phase and positivist in the model testing phase, and in general, this is applied research. The research sample in the qualitative phase comprises the experts in the field of earnings management, including accounting faculty members (8), senior managers of KBFs (7), and members of the Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) (5); thus, a total number of 20 experts were interviewed to collect the qualitative data. The research questionnaire for collecting the quantitative data was designed according to the exploratory factor analysis (EFA). In the quantitative phase, using the sample size calculator (the G*Power software) at the alpha level of 0.1 and test power of 0.85, the final research sample comprises 153 participants. The research approach uses mixed methods, and the employed strategy is grounded theory. The constant comparative method in the three stages of open, axial, and selective coding based on the Strauss et al. (1996) method and the MAXQDA software was employed to analyse the data. The path analysis of the explored model was carried out based on the variance-based structural equation modeling (SEM) using SPSS version 24 and Smart PLS 3.0. The study results indicate 53 indicators, including more than 18 components and 7 latent variables.https://ijaaf.um.ac.ir/article_42175_388b73a1ea16c9501f1d265b00d4ad57.pdfdesigningearnings managementg*power softwarevariance-based structural equation modeling
spellingShingle Khadijeh Ghasemi
Hosein Jabbari
Meysam Arabzadeh
Hosein Panahian
Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms
Iranian Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance
designing
earnings management
g*power software
variance-based structural equation modeling
title Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms
title_full Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms
title_fullStr Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms
title_full_unstemmed Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms
title_short Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms
title_sort designing an earnings management improvement model for iranian knowledge based firms
topic designing
earnings management
g*power software
variance-based structural equation modeling
url https://ijaaf.um.ac.ir/article_42175_388b73a1ea16c9501f1d265b00d4ad57.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT khadijehghasemi designinganearningsmanagementimprovementmodelforiranianknowledgebasedfirms
AT hoseinjabbari designinganearningsmanagementimprovementmodelforiranianknowledgebasedfirms
AT meysamarabzadeh designinganearningsmanagementimprovementmodelforiranianknowledgebasedfirms
AT hoseinpanahian designinganearningsmanagementimprovementmodelforiranianknowledgebasedfirms