T his study examines the root causes of occupational stress in Irish trainee accountants and investigates the relationship between occupational stress, job satisfaction and turnover intentions of Irish trainee accountants. Findings suggest that exam pressure, role confl ict, role ambiguity, qualitative role overload, quantitative role overload and a dominant supervisor are the most common sources of occupational stress experienced by Irish trainee accountants. Whilst many of the job stressors identifi ed were independently found to be signifi cantly positively related to job-related tension (occupational stress), the combination of role overload (both qualitative and quantitative) and role ambiguity is found to signifi cantly impact on job-related tension. Furthermore, role ambiguity and career development concerns were found to have a combined negative impact on job satisfaction, and job dissatisfaction combined with role confl ict signifi cantly impacted on turnover intentions. The implications for employers and accounting membership bodies are discussed in this paper along with opportunities for further research.