A study of mentor-protégé relationship in public accounting firms

Recent studies have identified the potential benefits of mentor-protégé relationships on both the individual and the organization. Such non-formal relationships are perceived to effect good control and provide advantages like enhancing better communications, creating desired work values and increasing individual’s competence and effectiveness in performing their jobs. These benefits are of particular importance to professions like public accounting which has internalized norms and standards that are difficult to be formalized into rules and procedures.ACCOUNTANC