THE EFFECT OF MENTORSHIP AND SEX-ROLE STYLE ON MALE-FEMALE EARNINGS

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