Investigating the Relationship between Accountants General Health and their Perception of Managers Leadership Style in Public Companies of Kerman

The role of accountants’ health in performing the critical task of protecting companies’ financial health properly is quite prominent; accountants perform this duty under the supervision and leadership of mangers. Thus, investigating the relationship between general health status of accountants and their perception of managers’ leadership style is highly significant.

This study is descriptive-analytical and correlational research. The sample consisted of 106 accountants who were working in public companies in Kerman in 2017 and they were selected through convenience sampling. Goldberg and Hillier General Health Questionnaire and Likert and Likert Leadership Styles Questionnaire were used to collect data and one-sample t-test, Pearson correlation coefficients, and structural equations were administered to analyze data.

The results indicate that most of accountants believe the prevailing leadership style of their workplace is consultative. Also, accountants do not have desirable status in terms of physical symptoms, anxiety, and sleep disorders. General health and its factors have a significant relationship with accountants’ perception of leadership style as well and the perception of leadership style is different among accountants.

Considering the accountants’ general health and its effect on the perception of leadership style of managers, public companies are required to take some actions to implement collaborative leadership as a major medium to promote accountants’ health. Proper professional communication, encouraging group-work, increasing freedom of action, delegating relative discretion to staff, reducing conflicts and job ambiguities, and promoting applied accounting software can be mentioned as some of these actions.