The Role of Mediated Contingency Factors towards Successful Implementation of Activity-based Costing: Evidence from Tanzanian Service Sector

The objective of this study was to assess the mediating impacts of behavioral preferences on the contributions of companies’ contingency factors on ABC implementation. The study was conducted in Tanzania where the primary data were collected from 107 sample of service companies based on cross-secti...

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Main Authors: Godfrey Molela, Pendo Kasoga, Ismail Ismail
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina (UDESC) 2025-07-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Contabilidade e Gestão
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Online Access:https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/reavi/article/view/25191
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Summary:The objective of this study was to assess the mediating impacts of behavioral preferences on the contributions of companies’ contingency factors on ABC implementation. The study was conducted in Tanzania where the primary data were collected from 107 sample of service companies based on cross-sectional survey design. Analysis was done on the partial least squares - structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) using SmartPLS4 software and SPSS 28.0.1. Results showed that, of the three elements of behavioral preferences it was only perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use that positively mediated the causal relationships between the competitiveness, business culture and ABC implementation.
ISSN:2764-7471