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Revisorsyrket i Dalarna: Vilka faktorer påverkar valet att lämna revisionsbranschen?
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society.
Dalarna University, School of Culture and Society, Business Administration and Management.
2022 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
What factors influence the choice to leave the auditing industry? (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund: Personalomsättning orsakar ekonomiska förluster för revisionsbyråerna i form av kostnader att anställa och utbilda personal. Personalomsättning utgör ett hot mot den upplevda revisionskvalitén men det finns fördelar med personalomsättning också, om den hålls till en rimlig nivå då det kan bidra med ny personal med djupare kunskap. Personal är en viktig resurs i organisationer då de bidrar till att organisationer når framgång och uppnår konkurrensfördel.

Syfte: Studiens syfte är att ta reda på vilka faktorer som kan påverka samt orsaka personalomsättning på revisionsbyråer, vilka faktorer är det som gör att revisorer och revisorsassistenter väljer att lämna yrket.

Metod: Primärdata har insamlats till denna studie genom semistrukturerade intervjuer. Respondenterna i denna studie är tidigare anställda revisorsassistenter och revisorer som har arbetat på en revisionsbyrå i Dalarna men som idag har valt att byta yrke.

Slutsats: Resultatet i denna studie visar att det finns flera faktorer som gör att revisorer och revisorsassistenter väljer att lämna revisorsyrket. En gemensam faktor som respondenterna tar upp är att arbetsbelastningen var hög i förhållande till lönen och obalansen mellan privatliv och arbetsliv.

Abstract [en]

Introduction: Staff turnover causes financial losses for the audit firms in a way that costs in creases due to hiring new staff and educate new staff to fill the position. Staff turnover also poses a threat to the perceived audit quality but there are benefits with staff turnover as well, if it’s kept to a reasonable level then it can contribute with new staff with deeper knowledge into the organization. Staff are an important resource in organizations as they contribute to organizations achieving success and achieving competitive advantage.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out which factors can be affecting factors that cause staff turnover in auditing firms. We want to know which factors that are the contributory factor that affects the auditors and assistant auditors choose to leave the profession.

Method: Primary data have been collected for this study through semi-structured interviews. The respondents in this study are former employees. Assistant auditors and auditors who have worked at an auditing firm in Dalarna but who today have chosen to change profession.

Conclusion: The results of this study show that there are several factors that cause that Auditors and assistant auditors choose to leave the profession. A common factor that the respondents address is that the workload was very high in relation to the salary and the imbalance between private life and working life.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2022.
Keywords [en]
Job satisfaction, Employee turnover, Audit assistants, Audit profession, Career Change, Burnout, Revision, Turnover
Keywords [sv]
Arbetstillfredsställelse, Arbetsgivare omsättning, Revisionsassistent, Revisionsyrket, Karriärbyte, Utbrändhet, Revision, Personalomsättning
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Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-41631OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-41631DiVA, id: diva2:1670483
Subject / course
Business Administration and Management
Available from: 2022-06-16 Created: 2022-06-16

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