Accounting

 

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Findings

Sources of Data

 

Currently, a total of 5 stakeholder interviews have been conducted.

A total of 32 worker interviews have been conducted.

Infographics

 

Accountants' Mental Health in Canada:
Some Preliminary Findings and Concerns for the Future

 
 

To cite this infographic: Bujaki, M., Himick, D., Paquette, S., Touchburn, H., Mawko, J., & Bourgeault, I. (2021). Accountants' Mental Health in Canada: Some Preliminary Findings and Concerns for the Future [Infographic]. Healthy Professional Worker Partnership – Accounting. https://www.healthyprofwork.com/accounting/#preliminary-findings.

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Presentations & Publications

2022

  • Bujaki, M., Himick, D. & Paquette, S. (2022). “Striving to be an ‘Ideal Worker’ in a ‘Greedy Institution’: An Investigation of Public Accountants’ Mental Health". Hautes Edutes Commerciale in Montreal and the University of Birmingham.

2020

  • Bujaki, M. (2020). Mental Health Workshop – Caring for Yourself and Others. Canadian Academic Accounting Association Annual Conference, June 4, 2020.

  • Bujaki, M. Initiator, Developing a Meaningful Mental Health Culture: Everyone has a role to play. Video interview with Denis Trottier and Charles-Antoine St-Jean. CPA Canada The One Conference 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GNStkm9B7Ew&feature=youtu.be

  • Bujaki, M. & Broua, F. (2020) The Public Accounting Profession and COVID-19: Changes to the Nature of Work and Implications for Mental Health, Convener and Moderator, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Oct. 16, 2020.

2019

  • Merridee Bujaki, Speaker, Healthy Professional Worker Project, “The Life Course Calendar as a Research Tool”, Webinar, December 12, 2019.

  • Merridee Bujaki, Convener and Moderator, “Mental Health and the Accounting Profession” event, Professional Accounting Research Group, Sprott School of Business, November 28, 2019.

  • Merridee Bujaki, Convenor and Moderator, “Promoting Mental Health in Post-Secondary Education”, CAAA Annual Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, May 31, 2019.

Presentation

 

This video was presented as part of the Healthy Professional Worker Partnership Webinar series on November 30, 2021 by Darlene Himick, Suzanne Paquette, Merridee Bujaki, and Hayley Touchburn.

 

Culminating Dialogue

 

On being an Ideal Worker in a Greedy Institution: Accountants' Mental Health. Presented by Merridee Bujaki on June 12, 2024

Job pressures, stress and anxiety, and attitudinal outcomes in accounting. Presented by Suzanne Paquette on June 12, 2024

 

Resources

Toolkit

 
 

In The News

Meet the Team

Investigators

 

Merridee Bujaki (Team Lead) (she/her)

Merridee Bujaki is a Professor of Accounting at Carleton University's Sprott School of Business. She holds a PhD in Management and a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation. In addition to research on the careers of accountants, Merridee also researches the voluntary disclosure practices of Canadian public corporations.

 
 

Darlene Himick (Co-Lead)

Darlene Himick is an Associate Professor in the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa. Her research focuses on pension accounting, responsible investing by pension funds, and the use of experts during standard setting. She is also interested in accounting history and the accounting profession, specifically its interaction with the actuarial profession.

 
 

Suzanne Paquette is a Professor in the School of Accounting, Faculty of Business Administration, at the University of Laval. Her areas of interest include the role of taxation in financial planning for retirement, in particular the impact of effective marginal tax rates on the financial health of individuals. She is also interested in the impact of tax incentives on the price of securities, the impact of regulation on the provision of non-audit related tax services, and the economic effects of tax policies.

 

Trainees

 

Katarina Lauch: With a background in Women’s and Gender Studies, Katrina’s research brings a feminist perspective to gender dynamics in the workplace and, in particular, women in STEM. Inspired by working in an engineering firm after her undergraduate degree, her research aims to investigate women’s underrepresentation in male-dominated fields, the effects of organizational culture, organizational socialization, and how gender performance and masculinity affect inclusion in these fields.

 
 

Hayley Touchburn (she/her) is a 3rd year student at the University of Ottawa pursuing an Honours Bachelor in Economics and Public Policy. Having previously worked on an employee interview project for the Government of New Brunswick and assisted with an internal policy project for the committees of the House of Commons, Hayley has become increasingly passionate about cultivating her qualitative research skills to complement her largely quantitative economics background. Upon graduation, she plans on pursuing a graduate degree focusing on public economics and taxation policy.

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