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Mentoring
Definition
A developmental relationship that enhances both an individual’s growth and his/her career advancement.
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Mentoring involves both career and psychosocial functions. Career functions are seen to include: sponsorship, coaching, protection, exposure and challenging work. Psychosocial functions include: role modelling, counselling, acceptance and confirmation, and friendship.
Classic mentoring usually involves a relationship between an older/more experienced person and a younger/less experienced one.
Classic mentoring usually involves a relationship between an older/more experienced person and a younger/less experienced one.
Source
Kram, K.E. (1985). Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life. Lanham: University Press of America.
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