EXAMINING OF THE BURNOUTS OF ACCOUNTING PROFESSIONAL STAFF

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to reveal whether the independent accountants-financial advisors and their employees differ on burnout sub-dimensions in the context of various variables in the central districts of Manisa and Izmir provinces of Turkey. The study covers accountant professionals registered at the chamber of certified public accountants (CPA) of Manisa and Izmir in 2020. The sample consists of 237 accounting profession employees selected by the convenience sampling method. “Personal Data Form“ was used for personal details of participants, and “Maslach Burnout Scale” was used for burnout level. T-test and “one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)” were used for the analysis of the data. At the end of the analysis, the study revealed that the burnout level of accounting profession employees participating in the study showed meaning differed significantly according to the variables of “gender, age, marital satatus, way of profession choice, daily working hours and having a CPA certificate”.