Mentoring among Female Executives

Abstract

Female executives in the USA were surveyed to determine characteristics of and interactions of mentors and protégés. Questions focus on preparation for roles, selection process, gender issues, relationship of mentor/protégé, number of mentors each protégé has had, benefits to careers, and other relationships derived from mentoring. Major findings are that an individual who has been a protégé is more willing to become a mentor; that an individual who has had a mentor is more willing to enter subsequent mentoring relationships; and that more women are mentors today as compared with the number of women mentors ten years ago.

Citation

Vincent, A. and Seymour, J. (1994), "Mentoring among Female Executives", Women in Management Review, Vol. 9 No. 7, pp. 15-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/09649429410069935