Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/66633 
Year of Publication: 
2008
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research [ISSN:] 1791-3373 [Volume:] 1 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Kavala Institute of Technology [Place:] Kavala [Year:] 2008 [Pages:] 38-52
Publisher: 
Kavala Institute of Technology, Kavala
Abstract: 
The issue of effective management accounting systems, and especially the resource allocation procedures, have attracted considerable interest among higher education institutions in recent years. Relevant previous research indicates that several universities adopt different approaches to the resource allocation problem, employing models and procedures that reflect their organisational arrangements and their internal socio-political dynamics. We argue that while studying accounting processes in their organisational context, the role of trust should also be considered carefully. In particular, it is very important to consider the attitudes of the individuals involved and interacting within organisational processes, and especially the trust between them, which plays an important role to the overall good governance of these processes. In our study, the role of interpersonal trust in an old Scottish University resource allocation process is examined. The study indicates that trust is a very necessary insight to the facilitation of social structures of accountability that enhance a better governance of the resource allocation process.
Subjects: 
organisational trust
universities
resource allocation
organisational context of accounting
JEL: 
M41
D73
I20
Document Type: 
Article

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