The effect of e-applications on accounting professionals during the e-transformation process: The case of İzmir province

With the development of today's information technologies, electronic applications have begun to be used in every aspect of our lives. These innovations brought about by e-transformation have also affected the accounting profession. The purpose of this study was determined to explain the impact of e-applications on professional accountants in the e-transformation process. For the purpose, a survey was conducted with the participation of 433 professional accountants operating in Izmir. A five-point Likert scale containing expressions such as "strongly disagree, disagree, undecided, agree and strongly agree" was used in the survey. In this research, SPSS 22 package program was used to evaluate the data and statistical techniques were used in the program. Explanatory factor analysis was used in the study in order to analyze the perception levels of the participants about electronic transformation and electronic applications more easily by collecting them under headings and to express the large number of variables with fewer and specific variables. The results obtained show that e-applications have become widespread in the e-transformation process and have been adopted by accounting professionals. Professional accountants' approaches to e-applications in the e-transformation process; It is affected by variables such as gender, age, marital status educational status, professional title, experience, and status of taking computerized accounting courses. Income level does not have any effect.