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Full Length Research Paper
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Research on
accountants’ professional burnout, job and life satisfaction:
2-Burnout and job satisfaction
Mustafa Ay1 and Selahattin
Avşaroğlu2*
1Department
of Accounting, Selcuk Universty, Cihanbeyli MYO, 42850,
Cihanbeyli, Konya, Turkey.
2Department
of Special Education, Ahmet Keleşoğlu Education
Faculty, Selcuk Universty, 42250, Meram, Konya, Turkey.
*Corresponding author. E-mail:
avsaroglu@selcuk.edu.tr. Tel: 90 332
3238220-5849, 90 555 8478343. Fax: 90 332 3238220.
Accepted 16 June, 2010 |
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Abstract |
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This research examined whether the burnout and job satisfaction
of accountants differed according to some variables. The
‘Maslach burnout inventory’ and ‘Job satisfaction scale’ were
used to collect data. The research population consisted of the
accountants in Turkey. The sample of the research consisted of
1,494 randomly chosen participants from this group. Data
collection was initiated by sending the data collection tools to
the accountants via mail and e-mail in September, 2008 and
required data was obtained in June, 2009. According to the
results of the study, it was determined that in term of gender,
male accountants experienced more emotional burn out and female
accountants experienced more job-satisfaction. The significant
differences in terms of gender, age group, workplace, working
area, working style, workplace type, level of income variables
and burnout and job satisfaction were determined in this
research. Concurrently, it was discovered that there was a
negative correlation between burnout and job satisfaction.
Key words:
Accounting profession, accountants, professional burnout, job
satisfaction, Maslach burnout inventory. |
