Optimizing the utilization of government-owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in Indonesia

This study aims to examine whether the institutional factors – governance, asset knowledge, internal control system, and competencies – optimize the utilization of provincial, regency, and municipal governments’ tangible assets in supporting public services. In contrast to previous research, which e...

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Main Authors: Faridah, Abdul Rahman Lubis, Yossi Diantimala, Ridwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LLC "CPC "Business Perspectives" 2023-10-01
Series:Public and Municipal Finance
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Online Access:https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/18945/PMF_2023_02_Faridah.pdf
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Abdul Rahman Lubis
Yossi Diantimala
Ridwan
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description This study aims to examine whether the institutional factors – governance, asset knowledge, internal control system, and competencies – optimize the utilization of provincial, regency, and municipal governments’ tangible assets in supporting public services. In contrast to previous research, which employed Sharia ethics as exogenous variables, this study includes Sharia ethics as a moderating variable in the model. Sharia ethics is one specific factor in implementing Sharia principles by the government that applies Islamic law in Indonesia. The province of Aceh, with all its regencies and municipals, is the only province that applies Islamic principles in running its government. Primary data were collected using a questionnaire sent to 285 provincial and district government asset managers using a Google form; 229 questionnaires were returned. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to analyze the complex relationships and the hypotheses. The results reveal that institutional factors are not strong enough to optimize the utilization of tangible assets without having deep Sharia ethics. It meant that Sharia ethics is necessary for strengthening the relationship between the institutional factors and the optimization of government asset management in provincial, regency, and municipal governments. The results provide recommendations for provincial, regency, and municipal governments to develop appropriate and reasonable regulations and standards for optimizing asset management within the Aceh government.
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spelling doaj.art-c33481049f66482c81ac1ec95d3bfeeb2023-10-13T09:27:01ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Public and Municipal Finance2222-18672222-18752023-10-01122556610.21511/pmf.12(2).2023.0518945Optimizing the utilization of government-owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in IndonesiaFaridah0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-9446Abdul Rahman Lubis1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6922-991XYossi Diantimala2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5301-1502Ridwan3Doctoral Student, Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala [Syiah Kuala University]Professor, Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala [Syiah Kuala University]Professor, Accounting Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala [Syiah Kuala University]Lecturer, Management Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Syiah Kuala [Syiah Kuala University]This study aims to examine whether the institutional factors – governance, asset knowledge, internal control system, and competencies – optimize the utilization of provincial, regency, and municipal governments’ tangible assets in supporting public services. In contrast to previous research, which employed Sharia ethics as exogenous variables, this study includes Sharia ethics as a moderating variable in the model. Sharia ethics is one specific factor in implementing Sharia principles by the government that applies Islamic law in Indonesia. The province of Aceh, with all its regencies and municipals, is the only province that applies Islamic principles in running its government. Primary data were collected using a questionnaire sent to 285 provincial and district government asset managers using a Google form; 229 questionnaires were returned. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was employed to analyze the complex relationships and the hypotheses. The results reveal that institutional factors are not strong enough to optimize the utilization of tangible assets without having deep Sharia ethics. It meant that Sharia ethics is necessary for strengthening the relationship between the institutional factors and the optimization of government asset management in provincial, regency, and municipal governments. The results provide recommendations for provincial, regency, and municipal governments to develop appropriate and reasonable regulations and standards for optimizing asset management within the Aceh government.https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/18945/PMF_2023_02_Faridah.pdfasset knowledgecompetencegovernanceinternal control systemsSharia ethicsutilization of government’s tangible assets
spellingShingle Faridah
Abdul Rahman Lubis
Yossi Diantimala
Ridwan
Optimizing the utilization of government-owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in Indonesia
Public and Municipal Finance
asset knowledge
competence
governance
internal control systems
Sharia ethics
utilization of government’s tangible assets
title Optimizing the utilization of government-owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in Indonesia
title_full Optimizing the utilization of government-owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in Indonesia
title_fullStr Optimizing the utilization of government-owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Optimizing the utilization of government-owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in Indonesia
title_short Optimizing the utilization of government-owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in Indonesia
title_sort optimizing the utilization of government owned tangible assets through managing institutional factors in indonesia
topic asset knowledge
competence
governance
internal control systems
Sharia ethics
utilization of government’s tangible assets
url https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/18945/PMF_2023_02_Faridah.pdf
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