Research question:The objective of this research is to develop a reliable and valid measurement scale for releasing new cultural attributes based on social psychology concepts and apply them afterwards in the accounting field. Motivation: Migration to International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) standards by a large and growing number of countries has marked the accounting field. However, this application varies from one country to another due to several environmental factors especially cultural ones. Idea: This paper puts the important issue of cultural differences in applying international financial reporting standards (IFRS) to the forefront and especially the strategies countries may apply when coping with the implementation of these standards within their local environment. Data: We selected a total of 33 items from these scales that match most with the objective of our survey. We also added the two questions posed by Berry to determine its acculturation strategies. We used 874 answers from different countries to our questionnaire. Tools: By taking Berry's typology, we conducted a cluster analysis to dynamic clouds using SPSS, which allows us to identify the different acculturation strategies used by respondents. Findings: Using Berry's acculturation model borrowed from social psychology and adopting an exploratory perspective based on the interpretive approach, we developed a measurement scale through which we identified five new Acculturation and accounting standardization strategies Vol. 18, No. 3 331 acculturation attributes: interpersonal communication, work performance, openmindedness, ethnocentrism and knowledge of the host culture. We also found that the integration strategy is the most widespread strategy in a new cultural context. This finding corresponds to the convergence strategy that is most solicited by countries applying IFRS. Contribution: Our research is an adaptation and extension of the acculturation model across some countries that could function as a "map" of potential interventions to strengthen local application of IFRS.

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Cet article essaie d’identifier empiriquement les facteurs culturels qui incitent les pays à choisir les IAS/IFRS. En premier temps, nous allons présenter une revue de la littérature liée aux facteurs ayant un impact sur le choix des systèmes comptables. Ensuite, nous allons déterminer les facteurs culturels motivant différents pays que nous allons classer selon leurs stratégies de normalisation. Les résultats montrent que l’implantation des Big 4 et l’appartenance d’un pays au continent européen et à l’Amérique du Nord encouragent le recours aux IAS/ IFRS. Mais, la colonisation et la religion chrétienne ne favorisent que le passage d’une stratégie de convergence vers une stratégie d’adoption des normes internationales. Mots-clés : Normalisation comptable, Culture, Convergence, Adoption, IASB, IAS/IFRS.

This study aims to identify the cultural factors that lead countries to converge with or to adopt IAS/IFRS. Basically, we presented a review of literature that associate between culture and the adoption of IAS/IFRS. Second, we classify different countries based on their standardisation strategies. In the different models, we tested the influence of cultural factors to the use of IASB standards. The findings show that the implementation of the Big 4 in the countries and their membership in the European continent and in North America promoting the use of IAS/IFRS. However, Anglo-Saxon colonisation's and religious affiliation encouraged the full adoption of these standards. Delegation strategy to other international standardisation bodies (16 countries):where governments and/or professional bodies in the country play no role (or play a small role of approval), the task of standardisation is assigned to other international standardisation bodies. Self-standardisation strategy (11 countries):where governments and/or professional bodies in each country produce standards without reference to IAS/IFRS, which are their own or borrowed heavily from other repositories.

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