Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/326163 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] Cogent Business & Management [ISSN:] 2331-1975 [Volume:] 11 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 2330012 [Year:] 2024 [Pages:] 1-24
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis, Abingdon
Abstract: 
The purpose of the study was to assess the effect of institutional isomorphic pressures on the adoption of IFRS for SMEs in Ghana. This study administered a questionnaire to collect primary data to assess the relationship between the variables. Multistage sampling methods were used to select the sample size as the true representative of the 16 regions of Ghana without bias. The study employed factor analysis, and structural equation model analysis to test the null hypotheses in this study. The results revealed that coercive isomorphic and mimetic isomorphic pressures significantly affect the adoption of IFRS for SMEs positively in Ghana. However, normative isomorphic pressure has no significant effect on the adoption of IFRS for SMEs in Ghana. Secondly, the result showed that environmental factors moderate or strengthen the insignificant relationship between normative isomorphic pressure and the adoption of IFRS for SMEs. The study recommends that the government should collaborate with the regulator (ICAG) to give financial accounting education to the SME owners and accounts personnel of SMEs who lack or requisite skills to adopt and implement IFRS for SMEs in Ghana. Secondly, the regulator should create a special window for accounts personnel of SMEs to become members of professional bodies.
Subjects: 
IFRS for SMEs
coercive pressure
normative pressure
mimetic pressure
isomorphic pressure
JEL: 
M40
M41
M48
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Document Type: 
Article

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