The Effect of Mentorship and Sex‐Role Style on Male‐Female Earnings

NANCY BROWN JOHNSON, TERRI A. SCANDURA

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Abstract

The women in management literature contend that mentorship and sex‐role style affect women's career success and ultimately earnings. We use data from the public accounting profession (N = 833) and a human capital wage decomposition model to examine the effect of mentorship and sex‐role style on male‐female wages and wage differentials. The results suggest that career mentorship modestly increases only women's earnings. However, sex‐role style was found to significantly interact with gender to affect earnings and earnings differentials.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)263-274
Number of pages12
JournalIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society
Volume33
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1994

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial relations
  • Strategy and Management
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

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