Comparative Analysis of Procrastination and Stress Indicators among Accountants

Abstract

Relevance of the problem under consideration stemmed from the negative
consequences of influence of procrastination phenomenon on professional activity of
a person, reduction of personal productivity, work capacity and success, which
manifests itself in acute emotional experience of personal failure and dissatisfaction of
a person’s own work results in a professional environment. The scientific work is
focused on disclosure of relationship of procrastination phenomenon and stress
among financial sector professionals, since specific features of their work lie in the
unequal distribution of their working objects during a working month, which is
connected with the reporting stages. The leading method to investigate the problem
is psychological monitoring, a questionnaire and psychological testing to identify and
study the theoretical and methodological approaches to assessment of the severity
level of procrastination phenomenon and stress among accountants and carry out the
comparative analysis of the indicators. Materials of the article are of practical value for
consulting psychologists, managers and senior officials of PAO “Rostelecom” ready for
studying and implementation of the remedial and preventive program to reduce
procrastination level among workers in the accounting, and also to prevent their stress.