The Concept of Structure-Interpretive Model (ISM) Stress in the Auditing Profession based on a Critical Evaluation

Job stress is one of the psychological factors in employees that greatly affects individual performance and can lead to many adverse health effects and consequences in the workplace. Audit profession is also considered as one of today's stressful occupations. Failure to pay attention to it can reduce the quality of individual and professional activities. The purpose of this research is The concept of structure-interpretive model (ISM) stress in the auditing profession based on a critical evaluation. The statistical population of the study consisted of 12 experts in accounting and auditing, which were selected as one of the qualitative sampling methods based on homogeneous sampling method. Qualitative research methodology is based on three critical analysis (CASP), Delphi analysis and Structural-Interpretative Analysis (ISM). In this research, based on the critical evaluation method, three components of the gap between professional responsibilities, the auditor's expectations gap and the professional fitness gap were identified in 16 indicators, then, based on Delphi analysis, 4 indicators of the elimination and 2 indicators were combined, which total 10 indicators for analysis Structural-interpretation and the formation of the matrix of achievement were eventually analyzed. The results of the research identified six levels of importance in creating professional audit stress, and two indicators of the conflict of interest as an indicator of the gap between the expectations of the audit profession and the indicator of the imbalance between the personal characteristics of the auditors and the audit profession under the component of the professional fitness gap as the first level affecting Professional stress was determined. It was also found that the disproportion of the audit workload with time budgeting as the index of the fraction of professional responsibilities at the sixth level was considered as the least factor affecting professional stress.