TY - JOUR
T1 - Reporting Design - A systematic literature review
AU - Eisl, Christoph
AU - Perkhofer, Lisa
AU - Hofer, Peter
AU - Jungert, Michael
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Due to the fact, that the quality of decisions is directly linked to the availability and the perception of information, its selection and representation are of major importance in business communication. The purpose of this paper is to identify the current status quo of existing research in the field of information design in business reports (reporting design) in order to cluster empirical contributions and to generate new findings. A systematic literature review consisting of 48 international studies published between 2003 and 2013 was conducted. The extended cognitive fit model from Shaft and Vessey (2006) serves as a research framework. The analysis of its four main perspectives: “External Problem Representation”, “Internal Problem Representation”, “Problem-Solving Task” and “Mental Representation” revealed the following eight literature streams: (1) Tables versus Graphs, (2) Analyses of annual reports, (3) Reporting Guidelines, (4) Knowledge and Skills, (5) Task Type, (6) Task Complexity, (7) Working Memory and Memory Affection, and (8) Information Overload. Based on
this literature review a research agenda was developed.
AB - Due to the fact, that the quality of decisions is directly linked to the availability and the perception of information, its selection and representation are of major importance in business communication. The purpose of this paper is to identify the current status quo of existing research in the field of information design in business reports (reporting design) in order to cluster empirical contributions and to generate new findings. A systematic literature review consisting of 48 international studies published between 2003 and 2013 was conducted. The extended cognitive fit model from Shaft and Vessey (2006) serves as a research framework. The analysis of its four main perspectives: “External Problem Representation”, “Internal Problem Representation”, “Problem-Solving Task” and “Mental Representation” revealed the following eight literature streams: (1) Tables versus Graphs, (2) Analyses of annual reports, (3) Reporting Guidelines, (4) Knowledge and Skills, (5) Task Type, (6) Task Complexity, (7) Working Memory and Memory Affection, and (8) Information Overload. Based on
this literature review a research agenda was developed.
KW - Reporting Design
KW - Information Design
KW - Information Perception
KW - Reporting Design
KW - Information Design
KW - Information Perception
UR - http://www.acrn.eu/resources/Journals/jfrp201302c.pdf
M3 - Article
SN - 2305-7394
VL - 2
SP - 27
EP - 47
JO - Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives
JF - Journal of Finance and Risk Perspectives
IS - 2
ER -