Top management and external expert supports in implementing accounting information system in enterprise resource planning environment

Abstract

For the last century, the emergence of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Accounting Information System (AIS) to enhance the organization's efficiency has evolved significantly in Sri Lanka. Nevertheless, little or no evidential has been carried out in Sri Lanka. Therefore, this study examines the TMS and External Expert Support on the ERP system Quality and Accounting Information Quality in the ERP environment of the listed companies implementing the ERP system in Sri Lanka. The primary data was collected using a self-administered questionnaire of 217 public company accounting professionals. Moreover, the conceptual model has been statistically confirmed by Structural Equation Modeling (AMOS 23). This study showed that support of top management and external experts significantly influenced the quality of the ERP system. As well as on Accounting Information Quality. Hence, organizations need to pay more attention to TMS, and EES to implement AIS in the ERP environment. This, in turn, would promote the involvement of public corporations in the country's real growth.