One way for firms to promote the mentoring of employees is to establish formal programs that match employees with potential mentors. Whether employees are satisfied with such formal mentoring is an empirical question. This paper examines that issue as well as whether formal mentoring programs...

This project began in July of 1996 when survey letters were sent to directors of accounting doctoral programs at all USA schools of accountancy. The survey requested each director to identify any AIS related dissertations completed in the previous five years (July 1991 through July 1996), as...

Prior research has reported inconsistent results regarding whether public accounting mentoring diminishes or enhances protege role conflict. The current study develops theoretical propositions identifying the contradictory effects of informal mentors on protege role conflict: diminishing overall...