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Supervisory Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction in Public Accounting Firms
Author(s) -
CLABAUGH C. ALLEN,
MONROE GARY S.,
SOUTAR GEOFFREY N.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
australian accounting review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.551
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1835-2561
pISSN - 1035-6908
DOI - 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2000.tb00056.x
Subject(s) - accounting , job satisfaction , commission , public accounting , perception , business , public relations , psychology , finance , political science , social psychology , audit , neuroscience
This paper reports the results of a survey of 350 junior‐level accountants working at public accounting firms in Australia. The survey obtained information on their perceptions of the extent to which the supervisory actions recommended in the Accounting Education Change Commission's (AECC)Issues Statement No. 4 were applied in their organisations. We test whether these supervisory actions have an effect on their job satisfaction. The results indicate that each of the three major elements of supervisory actions recommended by the AECC ‐ leadership and mentoring, working conditions and assignments ‐are significantly associated with overall job satisfaction.