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difference in the case of accountants in Malaysia. However, in a very high stresssituation, it is more appropriate to alter the work environment to reduce stressors at work,in order to enhance job performance.Lastly, if we can get organizations, social scientist and doctors to work together on thesesort of problems (in the field), we may be able to make important contributions not onlyto the social, managerial, and medical sciences but to the physical and mental well-beingof men and women at work.5.2 Implication of the StudyThe findings of this study would be useful for employers and society for accountants suchas MIA. Present results showed that the independent stressors, particularly workoverload/time pressure stressor has to look into further to ensure the psychological healthsymptoms faced by accountants in Malaysia can be limited. The indication of healthrelated illnesses such as Migraine/Recurrence headache, High heart cholesterol and Highblood pressure is something that the industry as a whole needs to investigate further.Therefore, accountants have to maintain a positive working environment in order toensure psychological health symptoms and other ill health situation is improved.5.3 Research LimitationTime constraint has limited this research to the scope of only identifying work stresscomparison between self-employed and organizationally employed accountants. Themany aspects of occupational stress relationship with psychological health can be66