Fundamentals of Mental Health

Fundamentals of Mental Health

The study of the relationship between moral intelligence and job satisfaction with mental health among the accountants and financial managers of companies in Mashhad industrial town

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Masoud Poor Kiani 1
Hussein Sadeghi Sarasia 1
Ali Taqavi Moghadam 2
1 Department of management, Kerman branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran
2 Department of accounting, Bojnord branch, Islamic Azad University, Bojnord, Iran
10.22038/jfmh.2016.8094
Abstract
Introduction: Most organizations emphasize the importance of employees as their most important asset. The development of psychology in the recent years especially in the fields of health, morality and job satisfaction has had an important and effective role.
Materials and Methods: The present study was designed and performed with the aim of studying the relationship between moral intelligence and job satisfaction with mental health among the accountants of Khorasan Razavi’s companies. The statistical population of the present study includes 251 subjects. The size of the statistical sample was estimated 151 subjects according to Cochran’s formula. Random sampling method is used. Data collection tool of the present study is questionnaire. Spiritual intelligence, job satisfaction and general health questionnaires were distributed among the participants. To test the research hypotheses, the r Pearson and multivariate regression tests were used.
Results:The study results at 1% error level show that moral intelligence had no effect on mental health but job satisfaction was effective in determining the mental health. Also, the study results show that there is no significant relationship between moral intelligence, mental health and job satisfaction but there is a significant relationship between moral intelligence and job satisfaction and also between mental health and job satisfaction.
Conclusion: According to the study results, it can be concluded that job satisfaction improves mental health in accountants and financial managers.
Keywords
Financial managers
Job satisfaction
Mental health
Moral intelligence
Fundamentals of Mental Health
Volume 18, Special Issue
November and December 2016
Pages 499-504