November 12, 2015
Research Makes Cover of Accounting Journal
An article co-authored by Associate Professors Denise Dickins and Rose Bailey in the Department of Accounting at ECU recently made the front page of New Accountant, a journal that publishes articles written by university professors for accounting students.
The article, “The Impact of a Mentor” was published as New Accountant’s cover story for November 2015. Dr. Audrey Scarlata, associate professor of accounting at Middle Tennessee State University, also served as co-author.
In the article, the authors explore the relationship between mentoring and success in accounting, finding no support for the idea that mentoring has a positive impact on long-term career progression.
“Statistically speaking, having a mentor neither contributes to, or detracts from, long-term career success,” the authors said in their report. “This is not to say mentoring of individuals entering the workforce is unimportant. Mentoring likely positively impacts job satisfaction, particularly in the early stages of an individual’s career, it just does not appear to make a meaningful difference in terms of an individual’s ability to achieve a key accounting position.”
The study’s 288 respondents were all employed by Fortune 1000-listed companies.
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