Commonality between the preparer and the user of financial information as a prerequisite for conveying meaning

dc.contributor.authorCronje, C.J. (Christo Johannes)
dc.contributor.authorGouws, Daan G.
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-01T06:24:03Z
dc.date.available2011-09-01T06:24:03Z
dc.date.issued2011-08-26
dc.description.abstractPreparers of financial information encode their message in an accounting language that needs to be decoded by users to enable them to understand and use the information properly. In order to convey meaning successfully, the sender and the receiver of a message need to use the same method to encode and decode the message, that is, there needs to be some commonality of language between the two parties. The research problem focuses on the issue of whether there is room to increase the commonality between the preparer and the user as a prerequisite for conveying meaning in corporate annual reports (CARS). The research problem was investigated mainly through questionnaires aimed at preparers and users of accounting information. It was found that the statutory and contextual sections of CARS are interdependent and could be utilised more in order to enhance the commonality of the accounting language for conveying meaning.en
dc.description.urihttp://www.unisa.ac.za/sabusinessreviewen_US
dc.identifier.citationCronje, CJ & Gouws, DG 2011, 'Commonality between the preparer and the user of financial information as a prerequisite for conveying meaning', Southern African Business Review, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 43-52.en
dc.identifier.issn1561-896X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17200
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCollege of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africaen_US
dc.rightsCollege of Economic and Management Sciences, University of South Africaen
dc.subjectCorporate annual reportsen
dc.subjectEncoding and decoding messagesen
dc.subjectMeaningful informationen
dc.subjectAccounting languageen
dc.subject.lcshCorporations -- Accountingen
dc.subject.lcshCorporation reportsen
dc.subject.lcshCoding theoryen
dc.titleCommonality between the preparer and the user of financial information as a prerequisite for conveying meaningen
dc.typeArticleen

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