Job-related Perceptions of Male and Female Government, Industrial, and Public Accountants'

Whereas the adverse consequences of rote stress are well substantiated for most occupational groups, the relationship between this phenomenon and other job-related factors in accountants has received relatively less attention. The limited past research involving accountants has either excluded female accountants or failed to report data by sex. Moreover, previous research has largely excluded accountants in government settings, focusing primarily on industrial and public accountants. In view of these limitations, the present investigations examined the relationships among role stress (i.e., rote conftict and ambiguity), job-retated tension, job satisfaction, and propensity to terminate employment for a national sample of both mate and female accountants in pubtic, industriat, and government accounting. Within and between sex differences for each of the three accountant groups on tt^e five job-retated variabtes are analyzed. Findings are discussed in terms of the uniqueness of different types of accounting jobs and pertinent implications are advanced.