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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no7.169

Responsibility Accounting in Public Universities: A Case in Vietnam  

LE, Oanh Thi Tu (Accounting Department, University of Labour and Social Affairs)
BUI, Ngoc Thi (Accounting Department, University of Labour and Social Affairs)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.7, 2020 , pp. 169-178 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examines the current situation of responsibility accounting and proposed management solutions according to responsibility centers on public universities in Vietnam. The study applies quantitative research methods, and collected data through structured questionnaires to 138 public universities in Vietnam in 2019, receiving back 55 valid questionnaires. The data was cleaned and analyzed with SPSS software. The results show that most public universities in Vietnam assigned management responsibility to their departments, but responsibility accounting was not comprehensive since many universities are not financially autonomous. The Kruskal Wallis Test was conducted to compare the current situation of responsibility accounting among universities by the degree of autonomy and by geographic area. The research found out that totally autonomous universities assigned management responsibility to responsibility centers better than semi-autonomous and non-autonomous universities did. Regarding the evaluation of management responsibility, universities in Central Vietnam rated specific quantitative criteria, residual income (RI) and returns on investment (ROI) higher than universities in the North and the South of Vietnam did. However, universities in the South of Vietnam rated the evaluation of profits by department higher than the rest. The study also suggests structure for establishing responsibility centers in accordance with public universities in Vietnam.
Keywords
Autonomy; Decentralization; Public Universities; Responsibility Accounting; Responsibility Centers;
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