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Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia

Stress is a major consistent issue in audit industry which cause to turnover intention. The research objective is to investigate the factors (role conflict, role ambiguity, workload pressure, transactional leadership style and laissez-faire leadership style) affecting job stress leading to auditor’s...

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Main Authors: Chee, Tze Wei, Choo, Kar Mun, Foo, He Shuang, Lee, Zheng Ying, Tew, Jia Ni
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2019
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HF5601 Accounting
Online Access:http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3868/1/fyp_AC_2019_CTW_%2D_1607470.pdf
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spelling my-utar-eprints.38682021-01-07T05:29:17Z Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia Chee, Tze Wei Choo, Kar Mun Foo, He Shuang Lee, Zheng Ying Tew, Jia Ni HF5601 Accounting Stress is a major consistent issue in audit industry which cause to turnover intention. The research objective is to investigate the factors (role conflict, role ambiguity, workload pressure, transactional leadership style and laissez-faire leadership style) affecting job stress leading to auditor’s turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firm in Malaysia. The independent variables used in this research are derived from Cooper and Marshall Model and Full Range Leadership Model. This research applied cross-sectional approach and quota sampling technique. 330 sets of questionnaires are self-administrated to auditors in small-medium sized audit firms located in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Penang and Perak. A set of questionnaire consists of 33 items with five-point Likert scale ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”. Results of this research show significant relationship for all the sources of stress to job stress except laissez-faire leadership style whereby job stress is positively influence turnover intention. This research raises awareness of audit manager to concern on stress issues and hence designs an effective stress coping practices to minimize stress level of auditors. A new theoretical framework that combining dimensions of Cooper and Marshall (1976) and Full Range Leadership Model (1978) is prove to be model-fit which allow future researchers to examine job stress toward turnover intention. 2019-08-13 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3868/1/fyp_AC_2019_CTW_%2D_1607470.pdf Chee, Tze Wei and Choo, Kar Mun and Foo, He Shuang and Lee, Zheng Ying and Tew, Jia Ni (2019) Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia. Final Year Project, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3868/
institution Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
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topic HF5601 Accounting
spellingShingle HF5601 Accounting
Chee, Tze Wei
Choo, Kar Mun
Foo, He Shuang
Lee, Zheng Ying
Tew, Jia Ni
Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia
description Stress is a major consistent issue in audit industry which cause to turnover intention. The research objective is to investigate the factors (role conflict, role ambiguity, workload pressure, transactional leadership style and laissez-faire leadership style) affecting job stress leading to auditor’s turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firm in Malaysia. The independent variables used in this research are derived from Cooper and Marshall Model and Full Range Leadership Model. This research applied cross-sectional approach and quota sampling technique. 330 sets of questionnaires are self-administrated to auditors in small-medium sized audit firms located in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, Penang and Perak. A set of questionnaire consists of 33 items with five-point Likert scale ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree”. Results of this research show significant relationship for all the sources of stress to job stress except laissez-faire leadership style whereby job stress is positively influence turnover intention. This research raises awareness of audit manager to concern on stress issues and hence designs an effective stress coping practices to minimize stress level of auditors. A new theoretical framework that combining dimensions of Cooper and Marshall (1976) and Full Range Leadership Model (1978) is prove to be model-fit which allow future researchers to examine job stress toward turnover intention.
format Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
author Chee, Tze Wei
Choo, Kar Mun
Foo, He Shuang
Lee, Zheng Ying
Tew, Jia Ni
author_facet Chee, Tze Wei
Choo, Kar Mun
Foo, He Shuang
Lee, Zheng Ying
Tew, Jia Ni
author_sort Chee, Tze Wei
title Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia
title_short Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia
title_full Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia
title_fullStr Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in Malaysia
title_sort factors that affect job stress towards auditors’ turnover intention among small-medium sized audit firms in malaysia
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/3868/1/fyp_AC_2019_CTW_%2D_1607470.pdf
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