The relationship between psychological asset and job satisfaction and exhaustion of accountants in the public sector

Document Type : Original Article

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Accounting Department, Hatef Zahedan Institute of Higher Education, Iran

Abstract

sychological asset is one of the most important categories in human resource. It is associated with job satisfaction and exhaustion which ultimately affects the individual performance. Due to the importance of this aspect among employees, especially accountants, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between psychological asset, job satisfaction and exhaustion of accountants in the public sector. The present study is an empirical descriptive-survey with correlation approach. The sample population are all the 399 accountants of government organizations in Zahedan. The sample number according to Morgan table is 181 people using simple random sampling method. Data were analysed by SPSS software using Pearson correlation coefficient. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between psychological asset and job satisfaction of accountants in the public sector. There is also a positive and significant relationship between psychological asset and exhaustion of accountants in the public sector.

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Volume 3, Issue 2
June 2020
Pages 23-32
  • Receive Date: 02 February 2020
  • Revise Date: 14 February 2020
  • Accept Date: 01 May 2020