“…Studies in the accounting area that seek to investigate the psychological capital of people and its influence on managerial performance are incipient (Degenhart, Zonatto, & Lavarda, 2022;Saithong-In & Ussahawanitchakit, 2016;Schlup, Beck, & Zonatto, 2021;Venkatesh & Blaskovich, 2012;. There are also few studies in the budgetary context that seek to analyze the positive aspects of people at work (Schlup et al, 2021). Psychological capital is composed of four positive psychological dimensions of a cognitive nature: self-efficacy, hope, resilience, and optimism (Luthans, Youssef, & Avolio, 2007), being the mental states of people that influence their attitudes and behaviors, which affect their managerial performance (Alessandri, Consiglio, Luthans, & Borgogni, 2018;Lunardi et al, 2019;Degenhart et al, 2022), which is consistent with the enabling approach proposed by Adler and Borys (1996), which aims to motivate and influence people, as well as people's actions and behavior, improving their capabilities to leverage their performance.…”