نشریه پژوهش های مالی و رفتاری در حسابداری
سال دوم شماره 1 (پیاپی 4، بهار 1401)

Investors face problems in making financial decisions. People who have no control over their emotions make irrational decisions. On the other hand, daily moods have a great impact on financial decisions. In this study, the effect of psychological variables of emotional intelligence mediated by mood on investors' decision making has been investigated. The research method is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive and survey in terms of nature. The statistical population is investors in the city of Hamedan. The data collection tool in this study is based on a questionnaire. The Baron Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire with 90 scores, the Panas Questionnaire with 20 scores were used to measure the mood variable and the Bruce and Scott Decision Making Scale with 25 scales. In order to confirm the validity of this questionnaire, in addition to confirming the face and content validity, construct validity was used. Data analysis was performed by linear regression tests. It was concluded that there is a relationship between emotional intelligence and financial decision making. One of the minor results is the lack of relationship between emotional intelligence and intuitive decision making and the negative relationship between emotional intelligence and rational decision making but emotional intelligence is directly related to three styles of dependence, instant and avoidance . But the other result is that positive mood such as enthusiastic, active, alert is not related to intuitive decision making and is positively related to rational, instantaneous and avoidant decision-making style and negatively related to dependent decision-making style.

Nowadays self-development of human resource is a key factor in organizations success that’s why man power of self-developer not only augments its skills with own expansion and elevation, but also provides growth and progression ground of organization from intellectual capital point of view. According to determinative role that accountants contain most important man power in success or defeat of organizations in economic and financial condition, this research to study affection of self-development on improving the skill of accountants with the mediating role of intellectual capital. Current research is functional in view point goal and descriptive-geodesic in terms of essence. The statistical population is employed accountants in private sector of Golestan state which included 198 individuals and the way of sampling is available sampling. For collecting information has been used standard questionnaire and for examining the hypotheses of research have been used from model ways of structural equations and analysis of course in PLS software. Findings show that self-development affects directly and indirectly on promotion of accountants skill through intellectual capital and it explains that utilization of self-development implements not only cause to increase intellectual capital level, but also it leads to skill promotion of accountants because of intellectual capital.

Human judgment and decision-making affect all stages of the creation of accounting information, from the beginning to the interpretation of information. The decision-making process can be shaped by emotions, emotions can change signals of evaluation, risk perception and strategic orientation. Thus, there is an aspect of human behavior in the judgment and decision-making process that is reflected in the accounting information disclosed in the financial statements. Therefore, in the present study, the effect of different emotional states (emotions) on biased decisions in accounting has been investigated. This research is a descriptive and quasi-experimental application. The statistical population of this research is graduate students of accounting in a simulated environment by presenting a scenario as a financial manager. The number of samples was determined according to the unknown number of population through the formula of unknown population 198 people. One-way analysis of variance and LSD post hoc test were used to analyze the data. The results of this study show that different emotional states (happy / sad) have a significant effect on students' decision-making in the role of financial managers. The decision-making of financial managers (accounting students) who were in a normal emotional state was less biased than that of financial managers who were in an unusual (happy / sad) emotional state. The results of this study show that when people experience natural and stable emotional states, they can make the right decisions. But when their condition is unusual, they are unable to make the right decision.

The narcissistic managers try to be active and active in the field of social activities in order to gain fame and magnification, and in this way, they cover their weaknesses and gain more benefits. On the other hand, narcissistic managers are more likely to have overconfidence in their attitudes and abilities. According to this ,The purpose of this study is to investigate the narcissism of managers and internal and external social performance with emphasis on overconfidence. For this purpose, a sample of 129 companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2014 to 2021 were reviewed. Research hypotheses were tested using combined data and using multiple and Logit regression in Stata and Eviews software. Findings from the test of research hypotheses show that managers 'narcissism has a positive and significant effect on managers' social performance in the internal and external field. Narcissistic managers participate in social activities in order to show off and attract the attention of internal and external stakeholders. The findings also showed that overconfidence has a negative and significant effect on the relationship between managers' narcissism and internal and external social performance. Accordingly, managers' false self-confidence reduces the positive effect of managerial narcissism on social performance.

Ethics and its related principles have long been considered by researchers and thinkers in various fields. Paying attention to these principles is of undeniable importance due to its positive impact on organizational decision-making systems. The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of Spiritual intelligence and Moral courage in the occurrence of moral behaviors among accountants in government agencies. The statistical population is all accountants of government agencies in 2020. Using Morgan table, 278 people were easily selected. Standard questionnaires were used to measure the variables and in order to test the hypotheses, the methods of factor analysis, agreement correlation table and chi-square test using SPSS and LISREL software were used. The results showed that a high level of Spiritual intelligence in the occurrence of moral behaviors has a significant relationship with the permissible moral behavior pattern. The findings of the study indicate that a low level of Spiritual intelligence in the occurrence of moral behaviors is related to the pattern of moral adaptation behaviors. It was also determined that a high level of Moral courage in the occurrence of moral behaviors is related to the pattern of morally permissible behavior. Finally, it was found that a low level of Moral courage is effective in the emergence of moral behaviors with a behavioral pattern of moral adaptation.

Comparability is also one of the key quality features of accounting information that facilitates the comparison of financial statements, comparability in the capital market and debt is very important for investors and creditors; Because investment and lending decisions are based on evaluating alternative opportunities or projects, without this comparable information, no optimal decision can be made. Due to the importance of this issue, in this study, the effect of comparability of financial statements on debt maturity structure with emphasis on the role of managers' overconfidence in the Tehran Stock Exchange in the period 2014 to 2020 using the information of 144 companies using the generalized least squares and generalized moment procedure regression has been investigated. The research method is applied, descriptive and with deductive-inductive approach. To measure the comparability of financial statements, the model of De Franco et al. (2011) and following the research of Ahmed and Duellman (2013) to measure managers' overconfidence, over-investment has been used. The results using both methods show that the comparability of financial statements reduces the debt maturity structure and managers' overconfidence leads to an increase in the debt maturity structure. Managers' overconfidence also increases the negative relationship between the comparability of financial statements and debt maturity structure and increases its severity.

The audit report as a result of the assurance service process and its readability is one of the most important components of the report's comprehensibility for users, which can be influenced by many factors such as the personality traits of the auditors. The present study examines the effect of auditors' personality type on the content aspect of the readability of the audit report. In this study, data related to the auditor personality type variable were collected using the principal components test and five personality factors including extraversion, neuroticism, flexibility, agreeability and conscientiousness, through Neo McCray and Costa (1997) five-factor questionnaire. Gunning phage and flash indices were used to measure the content variability of the auditor's report. The selected sample in this study is 87 partners and audit managers who are members of the Society of Certified Public Accountants and 231 audit reports related to listed companies that were reviewed by these institutions in 2019. The results showed that the auditor's personality type in terms of content The readability of the auditor's report is influential and personality traits including conscientiousness, flexibility and extraversion of the auditor have a positive and significant effect on the readability of the auditor's report and the auditor's neuroticism and agreeability have no significant relationship with the content aspect of the readability of the audit report.