title: Task-achievement, obsessive-compulsive, type A traits, and job satisfaction of professionals in public practice accounting.
abstract: This paper contains a description of the results of a two-year study of task-achievement, obsessive-compulsive, Type A traits, and job satisfaction within randomly selected groups of 499 public practice accountants in Ontario, Canada. The results supported the notion that this profession attracts and conditions personalities with task-oriented, order-driven, Type A characteristics. With the exception of those who were advanced partners, the majority of public practice accountants were only moderately job-satisfied and were reportedly not committed to staying in their present jobs until retirement.
authors.affiliation: Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Schell
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: DeLuca
mesh_terms: D000066:Accounting; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D003193:Compulsive Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014434:Type A Personality