Global mentoring programs: business relationships beyond traditional borders

Abstract

Mentoring programs are enjoying a renewed interest as corporations grapple with how to collect and disseminate their collective knowledge across functions and regions in an effort to rapidly innovate and maintain competitive advantage. Global mentoring programs can help support training and development programs by matching mentors and protégés from different cultures, encouraging information exchange and connection with employees from other regions. Issues discussed here include time dimensions, languages, cultural biases, program perceptions, training costs and administration.

Citation

Beth Stanek, M. (2001), "Global mentoring programs: business relationships beyond traditional borders", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 13 No. 2, pp. 66-73. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620110383654