Developmental Networks Among Mentors and Mentees Involved in a Mentoring Intervention.

ABSTRACT: The growing application of social network-based theories and methods (Burt et al., 2013) in scholarship on mentoring illustrates that mentoring goes beyond dyadic relationships comprising a senior mentor and a junior protégé (Higgins & Kram, 2001). However, limited data exist on the state of developmental networks of university faculty. This study examines developmental network characteristics among mentors and mentees participating in an ongoing intervention that aims to enhance career success through improved mentoring. Cross-sectional data come from 81 faculty mentors and mentees at three universities in the Southwestern United States. Using the online Modified Mentoring Network Questionnaire (MNQ), participants provided information on relationships with developers, who are people that

SUBMITTER: Soller B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258986 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature