Antecedents of psychological well-being among Swedish audit firm employees
2020 (English)In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, ISSN 1661-7827, E-ISSN 1660-4601, Vol. 17, no 10, article id 3346
Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The attractiveness of audit firms as employers appears to have decreased in recent years and the audit profession is currently experiencing high employee turnover. A shortage of personnel increases the risk of long-term stress and illness. This paper therefore proposes audit firm employees’ well-being as an important research topic and explores the antecedents of well-being of Swedish audit firm employees in comparison with those of other business professionals. Based on a nationwide survey of members of the Swedish association of business professionals, with a focus on psychological well-being (measured through General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12)), the study shows that the psychological well-being of the professionals in this study generally aligns with the results from similar studies in a Swedish context. However, the findings indicate that audit industry respondents have the lowest psychological well-being and that employer change, job satisfaction, and life satisfaction were the strongest antecedents of their psychological well-being.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI, 2020. Vol. 17, no 10, article id 3346
Keywords [en]
Audit firm employees, Auditors, Business professionals, GHQ-12, Psychological well-being, employment, psychology, research, adult, article, employee, employer, General Health Questionnaire, human, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, multicenter study, Sweden
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-49945DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17103346ISI: 000539300900003Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85084787730Local ID: GOA;;1449472OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-49945DiVA, id: diva2:1449472
2020-06-302020-06-302021-02-25Bibliographically approved