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3.3 Development of HypothesesThere are five hypotheses in this study that has been briefed in literature review; they are:H1 :There is a difference in stress level between organizationally employed and selfemployedaccountants in MalaysiaH2: There is a difference in source of stress between organizationally employed andself-employed accountants in MalaysiaH3: There is a difference in coping techniques used by organizationally employed andself-employed accountants in MalaysiaH4: Work stressors have a mediating effect on the relationship between employmenttype and coping strategyH5 :Coping strategy have a mediating effect on the relationship between workstressors and psychological health symptoms.3.4 Data Collection ProceduresSince the nature of this study is an exploratory type research, where time and money arecritical constraints, convenience sampling was carried out among accountants who areactive and participated in various seminars organized by accounting society. Survey37