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CHAPTER 5SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION5.0 IntroductionThe above results have indicated some interesting issues that could provide some insightsinto the probable issues faced by accountants in Malaysia and a follow through couldresult in reduction in work stress that lead towards higher productivity.5.1 DiscussionThe result from stress analysis confirms that accountants in Malaysia are facingoccupational stress. In the first part of recognizing the association between employmenttype and psychological health symptoms among accountants in Malaysia, the resultsindicated no significant relationship. These finding agrees to study by Ruth, et. al. (2006),who reported no differences between organizationally employed and self-employedworkers in their level of anxiety and depressive symptoms. This result differs from tofindings by Jamal (1997), who reported that self-employed individuals had morepsychosomatic health problems than those not employed in this way.The result in this study has an interesting outcome in that both employment types; namelyorganizationally employed and self-employed did not differ in terms of their stress level.This differs from other study by Lewin-Epstein and Yucthmann-Yaar (1991), who foundthat self-employed had significantly higher level of work stress, although details of theirderivation on results were not provided. Jamal (1997) also found that the self-employed62