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The Multivariate Tests result shows in Table 4.8 below indicated that the interactioneffect is not statistically significant ( the Sig. level of Wilks’ Lambda is .107 , which isgreater than alpha level of .05) thus we fail to accept the null hypothesis “H1: there is adifference in stress level between organizationally employed and self-employedaccountants in Malaysia”. It differs from the finding of Jamal and Badawi (1995)which indicated that among minorities in Canada and the United States, the selfemployedhad higher level of work stress.Table 4.8Multivariate Tests bEffect Value F Hypothesis df Error df Sig.Partial EtaSquaredEMGROUP Pillai's Trace .042 2.069 a 3.000 140.000 .107 .042Wilks' Lambda .958 2.069 a 3.000 140.000 .107 .042Hotelling's Trace .044 2.069 a 3.000 140.000 .107 .042Roy's Largest Root .044 2.069 a 3.000 140.000 .107 .0424.3.3 Sources of stressThe 22 questions rated with a five-point Likert scale (1-No stress at all, 2-Moderatelyless stress; 3-Neutral; 4-Moderately high stress; 5 High stress) are compiled into 3stressor factors (as explained in Chapter three) namely : Role/ organization stressors,Work overload/time pressure stressors and Interpersonal relations stressors.Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) with employment type as the fixedvariable and the three groups of stressors mentioned above was carried out. The49