Non-Mentor Supervisor Relationships August31 2007 Audit Midyear 2008

AUDITOR AND NON-MENTOR SUPERVISOR RELATIONSHIPS: EFFECTS OF MENTORING AND ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE Cathleen L. Miller, Ph.D., CPA** Associate Professor of Accountancy Wayne State University School of Business Administration Detroit, Michigan 48202 Tel: (313) 577-6256; Fax: (313) 577-2000 Email: catmillr@wayne.edu Philip H. Siegel, DBA, CPA Professor of Accountancy School of Accounting, College of Business Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 33431-0991 Email: psiegel@fau.edu Alan Reinstein, DBA, CPA George R. Husband Professor of Accountancy Wayne State University School of Business Administration Detroit, Michigan 48202 Tel: (313) 577-4584; (248) 357-2400; Fax: (313) 577-2000 Email: a.reinstein@wayne.edu ** Corresponding Author August 31, 2007 We thank the employees of the public accounting firms for their cooperation and participation in this study; Julia Higgs, Phil Beaulieu and Dave Sinason for their insightful review comments; and the anonymous reviewers and participants in the 2002 Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations (ABO) Section Conference; and the 2007 Annual American Accounting Association’s Meeting for their helpful comments. AUDITOR AND NON-MENTOR SUPERVISOR RELATIONSHIPS: EFFECTS OF MENTORING AND ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ABSTRACT This study examines the effects of mentoring and organizational justice on auditors’ relationships with their non-mentor supervisors. Having a mentor ...