Human resource management issues in accounting and audit firms
Subtitle: a research perspective
By: John A. Brierley, David R. Gwilliam.
Contributors: Gwilliam, David.; Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants, England; Burlington, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Accounting firms -- Personnel management.; Accounting firms -- Great Britain -- Personnel management.; Accounting firms -- United States -- Personnel management.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-159).
"The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 INTRODUCTION; title: 2 THE AUDIT ENVIRONMENT; title: Auditing and Accounting and Audit Firms; title: Audit Engagements; title: Audit or Assurance Services?; title: Contingency and Accountability; title: 3 THE RESEARCH STUDIES: ISSUES OF METHODOLOGY; title: AND GENERALISABILITY; title: The Nature of the Research; title: Issues of Measurement and Methodology; title: The Transferability of the Results of US Studies; title: Accountants or Auditors?; title: 4 RESEARCH FINDINGS; title: Introduction; title: 4.1 PERSONALITY AND NEEDS; title: Personality; title: Needs; title: Summary; title: 4.2 STRESS; title: Environmental and Organizational Factors; title: Individual Factors; title: Job-Related Tension; title: Summary; title: 4.3 SOCIALISATION AND FEEDBACK; title: Summary; title: 4.4 CAREER DEVELOPMENT; title: Summary; title: 4.5 LEADERSHIP AND MENTORING; title: Leadership; title: Mentoring; title: Summary; title: 4.6 JOB SATISFACTION; title: Summary; title: 4.7 PROFESSIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL; title: COMMITMENT; title: Professional Commitment; title: Organizational Commitment; title: Compatibility of Professional and Organizational; title: Commitment; title: Summary; title: 4.8 STAFF TURNOVER; title: Summary; title: 4.9 PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; title: 4.10 DETERMINANTS OF JOB PERFORMANCE; title: Job Performance Models; title: Attribution Theory; title: Summary; title: 5 CONCLUSIONS; title: Career Development; title: Personal Attitudes and Characteristics; title: Education and Examinations; title: Acculturation and Socialisation; title: Staffing Patterns; title: The Multi-Disciplinary Global Firm; title: Management Structure and Practice; title: The Value of Research; title: APPENDIX; title: BIBLIOGRAPHY.