A study on information technology and its impacts on accountants / Fairuz Fauzee

This research paper was conducted to observe the impact of Information Technology (IT) facilities provided by the organization on the work of the accountants. The research relates on the performance of the accountants in their present job after using IT facilities in their work. The research specifically focuses on the Information technology in the office. One hundred respondents were chosen at random among the accountants working in the private sectors in the Kelang Valley. The data was collected by distributing questionaires to the accountants. Model IT and the job performance were used for the study. There are five variables in the model, namely the ability of using computers, the level of computer usage, the capability of IT facilities used, the effectiveness of the IT facilities used and finally the relationship to the job performance that contribute to the benefit of the organization. Data collected were analysed using 'Statistical Package Social Science' (SPSS). The analysis was made based on the descriptive statistics, One way ANOVA and the hypotheses was tested using Chi-square statistic. The result shows that the size of the company is closely related to the usage level of IT facilities rather than age of accountants and their working experience. The ability in computer usage is related to the job performance. However there is little statistical evidence to infer that usage level, the capability and the effectiveness of IT related to the job performance. The job performance however does have a strong relationship that benefits the organization.