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Professionalism, Professional Commitment, and Performance

Stuart Thomas

Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research2023https://doi.org/10.1108/s1475-148820230000026010book-chapter
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Abstract

The current study examines public accountants' professionalism and professional commitment (PC) and their effect on job performance. Results provide support for four of five dimensions of Hall's (1968) professionalism framework (beliefs in professional affiliation, professional dedication, self-regulation, and social obligation) and Meyer et al.'s (1993) three-dimensional PC framework (affective, continuance, and normative professional commitment) for modeling public accountants. Support was also found for most of the hypothesized relationships between professionalism and PC. Beliefs in professional affiliation, professional dedication, and self-regulation positively influenced affective professional commitment (APC). Belief in professional affiliation was negatively influenced by continuance professional commitment (CPC) but positively influenced by normative professional commitment (NPC). Belief in social obligation was also positively influenced by NPC. As expected, professionalism and PC were associated with job performance. Professionalism had an incremental effect beyond PC on job performance and as well, PC had an incremental effect over professionalism on job performance. Identifying relationships between professionalism and professional commitment with desirable outcomes is important for justifying future investments in the public accounting profession. Understanding these issues will assist in determining the types of professional attributes and commitments that are and should be fostered by the accounting profession.

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@article{stuart2023,
  title        = {{Professionalism, Professional Commitment, and Performance}},
  author       = {Stuart Thomas},
  journal      = {Advances in Accounting Behavioral Research},
  year         = {2023},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/s1475-148820230000026010},
}

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