The Subjective Well-Being Challenge in the Accounting Profession: The Role of Job Resources

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Aug 23;16(17):3073. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16173073.

Abstract

The main activity of the accountant is the preparation and audit of the financial information of a company. The subjective well-being of the accountant is important to ensure a balanced professional judgment and to offer a positive image of the profession in the face of the incorporation and retention of talent. However, accountants are subjected to intense pressures that affect their well-being in the performance of their tasks. In this paper, the job demands-resources theoretical framework is adopted to analyze the relationships between job demands, job resources, and the subjective well-being of a large sample of 739 accounting experts at the European level. Applying a structural equations model, the results confirm, on the one hand, the direct effects provided in the theoretical framework and, on the other, a new mediating role of job demands-subjective well-being relationship resources.

Keywords: JDCS; accountants; auditor strains; subjective well-being.

MeSH terms

  • Accounting*
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Health Resources
  • Humans
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Male
  • Occupational Health*
  • Professional Role / psychology*
  • Stress, Psychological / epidemiology*