AN INVESTIGATION OF THE DETERMINANTS OF SUCCESSFUL ASSIGNED MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS

1988/09/01 by Raymond A. Noe, RAYMOND A. NOE · 1,210 citations
Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Applied psychology #Career Development and Diversity #Career development #Developmental psychology #Erikson's stages of psychosocial development #Medical education #Medicine #Mentoring and Academic Development #Pedagogy #Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies #Positive Youth Development #Protégé #Psychology #Psychosocial #Psychotherapist

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1744-6570.1988.tb00638.x

published in Personnel Psychology 41(3), 457-479 (Wiley)

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Abstract

This study examined the influence of protégé characteristics, gender composition of the mentoring relationship, the quality of the relationship, and the amount of time the protégé spent with the mentor on career and psychosocial benefits gained by the protégé. Protégés were assigned to mentors as part of a development program designed to facilitate personal and career development of educators. An instrument designed to assess the extent to which mentors provide career and psychosocial outcomes to protégés was developed. Protégé gender, job involvement, and career planning activity was related to attainment of psychosocial outcomes. Implications and future directions for research regarding mentoring are discussed.

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