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http://dx.doi.org/10.13106/jafeb.2020.vol7.no9.363

An Impact of Budgetary Goal Characteristics on Performance: The Case of Vietnamese SMEs  

LE, Thang Ngoc (School of Accounting and Auditing, National Economics University)
NGUYEN, Dung Duc (School of Accounting and Auditing, National Economics University)
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The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business / v.7, no.9, 2020 , pp. 363-370 More about this Journal
Abstract
The paper aims to investigate the impact of budgetary goal on profit growth directly and indirectly through managerial performance. Two main characteristics of budgetary goal mentioning in the study are the clarity of budget goal and the difficult of budget goal. Data of the research collected from survey with 197 department managers and supervisors of 80 SMEs in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City who have budgeting responsible. Firstly, by using quantitative research method Cronbach's Alpha and Exploratory Factor Analysis, the research show that characteristic of budgetary goal has significant and positive impact on profit growth directly. Secondly, the regression analysis among variables show that budget goal clarity was positively and significantly related to growth of sale revenue, growth of profit and managerial performance. Therefore, the empirical findings show that that managerial performance has mediating role in the relationship between budgetary goal characteristic and financial performance. The findings of this study suggest that that managers need focus on setting clearer and more difficult but attainable budget goals to increase firm performance. This paper also provides a new insight the relationship between managerial performance and financial performance. Budgetary goal characteristics still have positive but insignificant impact on growth of sales revenue.
Keywords
Budgetary Goals; Firm Performance; Financial Performance; Managerial Performance; SMEs;
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