| Because the recruitment and retention of qualified certified public accountants (CPAs) is vital to an organization's fiscal management and success, it is critical that businesses attract and hire accounting professionals whose work styles align with the skills demanded of the profession. When seeking to fill positions for professionals in high demand occupations with high turnover rates, such as CPAs, finding accountants whose work styles are congruent with positions' work and skill competencies is critical. The problem to be addressed in this study is that organizations need to hire and retain CPAs who possess the work style dimensions that contribute to organizational success, work style dimensions of CPAs are unknown, and organizations need tools to assess CPAs' work style dimensions. Therefore, it is important to assess the CPAs' work style dimensions. The purpose of this quantitative study was to assess the extent to which, if any, CPAs' work style dimensions differ according to gender, generation and job rank as measured by the Leading Dimensions Profile (LDP). A recruiting email, with a link to the LDP, was sent to members of a society of CPAS in a southern state. This study was designed to investigate the extent to which CPAs' work style dimensions differ according to gender, generation and job rank, as measured by the Leading Dimensions Profile. Based on the results of this study, no statistical significance was found in the CPAs that voluntarily participated in this study. Recommendations include further study with a larger sample to examine work style dimensions to determine if there is a statistically significant difference according to gender, generation, and job rank for CPAs. Further study is needed as the LDP could, potentially, be used to ensure person-job fit within organizations to increase retention and be used for recruitment purposes for person-job fit. The LDP could support organizations as they seek to find ways to match employees with jobs for great job-person fit and job satisfaction to improve organizational performance. |
