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An Examination of the Benefits of Mentoring for African American Female Accountants

Jones, Gina Louise
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1686843748247295

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2023, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Organizational Leadership , Franklin University, International Institute for Innovative Instruction.
This explanatory sequential mixed methodology study examined the impact of mentorship on African American female accountants’ advancement to executive leadership positions. The target sample included mentored African American female accountants in the Accountants of Color (AOC) Facebook group, Alliance of Black Women Accountants (ABWA), Black Women in Accounting and Finance Network LinkedIn group, and the Accountancy Board of Ohio. The goal of the mixed methods study was to understand the mentoring relationships, perceived mentorship benefits, and social networks experienced by African American female accountants. Due to the small sample size for the quantitative portion of the explanatory sequential mixed methods approach, multiple regression analysis was not performed. Phenomenological interviews were conducted for the qualitative approach to gain insight into participants’ lived experiences regarding the benefits of connecting with a mentor, which contributed to the findings. Aside from the benefits of connecting with a mentor, the study’s findings identified obstacles experienced by African American female accountants as they climbed the career ladder. The study’s findings highlight a need to enhance the recruitment and retention of African American female accountants, diversity at the executive-level in leadership positions, and organizational strategies within accounting firms to help shatter glass and concrete ceilings in order for African American female accountants to obtain executive leadership positions. The study’s research contributions highlight the benefits of mentoring relationships, networking, and the promotion of diversity initiatives within the organizational culture of accounting firms. The study enriched existing research as it focused exclusively on the lived experiences of African American female accountants to examine if mentorship influenced career advancement.
Valerie Storey (Committee Chair)
Shantelle Jenkins (Committee Member)
Jennifer Harris (Committee Member)
177 p.
Accounting; African Americans; Education; Womens Studies
Accountancy Board of Ohio; Accountants of Color; African American female accountants; Alliance of Black Women Accountants; Black Women in Accounting and Finance Network; career advancement; diversity; mentorship; networking; organizational culture

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  • Jones, G. L. (2023). An Examination of the Benefits of Mentoring for African American Female Accountants [Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1686843748247295

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Jones, Gina. An Examination of the Benefits of Mentoring for African American Female Accountants . 2023. Franklin University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1686843748247295.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Jones, Gina. "An Examination of the Benefits of Mentoring for African American Female Accountants ." Doctoral dissertation, Franklin University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1686843748247295

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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