Human Capital Accounting for Sustainable Performance of the Financial Sector Businesses in Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated on Human Capital Accounting for sustainable performance of the financial sector businesses in Nigeria for the period 2008 -2021. Human Capital Accounting was proxied by staff development cost and training while sustainable financial performance was proxied by return on assets and return on equity. The financial sector used were four banks whose financial statements were accessible online for the period of investigation. Secondary data was used and accessed from online publication of the four sampled banks. Model relation between staff and development cost, return on equity and return on asset was developed with the objective to determine the effect of staff and development cost on banks return on asset and return on equity. Data collected were analyzed with Ordinary Least Square regression model with analytical tool of E-view 10. Results showed that staff and development cost of banks has insignificant effect on their return on assets and return on equity. The research recommends that for banks to successfully address the challenges of sustainable performance, there must be a paradigm shift to improvement in human capital accounting for sustainable performance of the banking sector.