Invitation to Participate in a PhD Research Study on the Influence of Emotional Intelligence on the Career Success of CPAs

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is increasingly recognized as crucial to the career success of CPAs.

However, there is a lack of conclusive empirical evidence regarding how EI specifically impacts an accountant's success. Your help is critical! You hold the keys to this evidence.

We invite you to share your valuable experiences to help build the evidence needed to better understand this relationship. Your input could help shape the future of the profession and influence the training and development of CPAs.

By taking part, you will not only help shape the future of the CPA profession, but you will also:

  • Gain insights of EI work-related behaviours impacting your career success as a CPA;
  • Discover your own EI profile – strengths and areas for growth based on an EI measuring instrument chosen for its externally validated predictive validity and the fact that it measurers EI as exhibited in workplace behaviours;
  • Provide and get data to help you understand how your EI compares with that of your peers;
  • Contribute to meaningful research that could make a real difference in the training and development of CPAs;
  • Get a chance to win a $100 Visa Card (a token of our appreciation).

For any questions, please email: [email protected].

Study Description

This study is part of a comprehensive PhD research project, conducted by a Canadian CPA through Andrews University. It explores the influence of EI on the career success of CPAs, considering factors such as age and other variables. Career success is measured both subjectively and objectively.

Complete survey

The survey should take no more than 25 minutes to complete.

About the researcher

Meet Jenipher Chitate, MBA, CPA, CMA who is spearheading groundbreaking research that has potential to impact the CPA Profession. You are invited to let your voice be counted in this research!! The research, exploring the role of emotional intelligence (EI) in the career success of CPAs, is part of her PhD in Leadership degree at Andrews University. Join others who have taken her survey and whose invaluable experiences are impacting the conclusions and recommendations of the research. You will also potentially benefit from participating.

Jenipher has worked in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Alberta. Her positions have included university faculty roles, leadership roles in oil and gas industries, consulting/coaching, facilitating CPA courses, and motivational speaking. Her passion for personal growth and equipping others for success led her to uncover an existing concerning gap. That is, despite the growing acceptance of EI as key driver of career success of a CPAs, there is a lack of solid evidence to show exactly how EI influences this success. Jenipher and other experts, strongly believe it is imperative that we understand EI’s role so all stakeholders (CPAs, academia, industry, the CPA professional organizations, etc.) are better positioned to help foster the development and training of CPAs. Please take a few minutes and take the survey (https://reseach.ca).