The relationship between digital age accountant characteristics and professional accounting skills with work efficiency of accounting officers in The Finance Department, Office of The Permanent Secretary for Defence

Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between digital-age accountant characteristics and professional accounting skills with the work efficiency of accounting officers in the Finance Department, Office of the Permanent Secretary for Defence. This research employed a quantitative approach. Data was collected using questionnaires from 363 accountants offcers in the Finance Department, Office of the Permanent Secretary for Defence. Data analysis was performed using statistical software, employing descriptive statistics including percentage, mean, and standard deviation to describe the general characteristics of the respondents. Correlation coefficient analysis was used to test the relationships between independent variables, and multiple regression analysis was used to test the research hypotheses. The analysis of data regarding the characteristics of accountants in the digital age, accounting professional skills, and the work efficiency of accounting officers in the Finance Department, Office of the Permanent Secretary for Defence, was generally found to be high.  The characteristics of accountants in the digital age and accounting professional skills had a positive correlation with the work efficiency of accounting officers in the Finance Department, Office of the Permanent Secretary for Defence, with statistical significance at the .01 level.