ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effect of creative accounting on corporate performance. The major objectives of the study were to determine whether there is any relationship between creative accounting and profitability offirms, to investigate the relationship between creative accounting and market shares of the banks and to examine the effect of regulatory flexibility on creative accounting practices. To achieve the objectives of the study, survey research design was adopted. The researcher adopted primary data in getting required information. In testing the hypotheses, t-statistics was used. The findings revealed that creative accounting practices affected the quality of financial report. The findings further revealed that the practice of creative accounting is ethically dubious and significantly influences both accounting policy choice and manipulation of transaction of financial reporting. The researcher recommends that the adoption of one set of global financial reporting known as international Financial Reporting Standard (JFRS) must be embraced by all operators affirms or those performing an accounting duty. There is an urgent need for monitoring to commence in order to raise the quality offinancial report globally. Accounting malpractice can destroy any institution, there is the need to restore integrity and public confidence on financial reporting. The accountants should be strengthened to scrutinize actions of corrupt individuals and their malpractice in the world of business and impose sanctions on offenders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication IV
Acknowledgements
Abstract x
CHAPTER ONE
1. I Background of the Study 1
1.2 Statement of the Problem 3
1.3 Objective ofthe Study 4
1.4 Research questions 4
1.5 Research hypotheses 5
l.6 Significance of the Study 5
1.7 Scope of the Study 6
1.8 Limitations of the Study 6
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2. 1 Conceptual Framework 8
2. 1. I The Concept of creative accounting 8
2. 1.2 Concept of Organizational performance 11
2.1.3 Profitability 12
2. 1.4 Market share l3
2.1.5 The Link between Creative Accounting and Organizational erformancel4
2.1 .6 Methods of creative accounting 17
2. 1 . 7 Sarbanes- Oxley Act and creative accounting 19
2. 1 .8 Reasons for creative accounting 20
. 1 .9 Effects of creative accounting 21
2.1. IO Classification of Account Manipulations 23
2. I. 11 Techniques of creative accounting 23
2.1.12 Regulatory flexibility 24,
2.1.13 Dearth of Regulation 24
2.1.14 Opportunity for creative accounting 28
2.1.15 Ethical behavior of accounting professionals
2.1 .16 Concept and Objectives of Financial Reporting
2. 1.17 Law or contractual arrangements
2.1.18 Strategies Used in Avoiding Creative Accounting
2.2 Theoretical Framework
CHAPTER THREE
3. 1 Research Design
3.2 Area of the Study
3.3 Population of the Study
3 .4 Sample size determination
3.5 Instrument for data collection·
3.6 Sources of data collection
3. 7 Validity of Research Jnstrument 44·
3.8 Reliability of the Instrument · 3.9 Data Analysis Techniques 45
3. l O Model Specification 45
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
4. I Introduction 46
4.2 Presentation and Analysis of Data Collected 46
4.3 Data Presentation-Preliminary 47
4.3 Hypotheses Testing 53
CHAPTl~R FIVE: SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary of findings 60
5.2 Conclusion 61.
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