Etnisitas dan Konservatisme Akuntansi pada Perusahaan Publik di Indonesia

Abstract

Accounting conservatism is debated in practice, literature, and financial accounting research. The principle of conservative accounting is considered as an action to control the optimistic behavior of management and business owners but the potential to cause biased information. This study aims to examine the influence of ethnicity of authorized officials in the publication of corporate financial statements on accounting conservatism in public companies in Indonesia. A total of 71 samples of manufacturing companies listed on the IDX in 2019 and fulfilling sampling criteria were used to test the hypothesis. The research data were analyzed using independent sample t-test. The results showed that the difference in the ethnicity of the official level in the company's financial reporting would affect the level of accounting conservatism in a company. Pribumi ethnicities with general characteristics as ethnicities that prioritize stability in their business tend to have higher conservatism characteristics compared to Tionghoa ethnic groups who tend to be more willing to take risks in their every decision. An important implication of the results of this study is that the authorized officials in publishing the company's financial statements must be able to control their conservative principles.