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Contextualizing Mentoring in the Asian Context

Mentorship-driven Talent Management

ISBN: 978-1-78973-692-2, eISBN: 978-1-78973-691-5

Publication date: 12 June 2020

Abstract

Research on mentorship has been dominated by the West and little is known about the cultural variations of the mentoring phenomenon in Asian countries. A richer understanding of the cultural context that is more attuned to mentoring experience in Asia can help to improve workplace experience, in general, for those working in and for those who intend to work in the region. This chapter captures the important theoretical lenses in the mentoring literature, and also provides a clear demarcation between negative mentoring and dysfunctional mentoring. This is followed by contextualizing mentoring as per four of Hofstede's six cultural dimensions by dwelling on mentoring experience in countries such as China, India, Pakistan, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. It is hoped that this chapter will pave the way for further research, which may be a precursor for theory development.

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Acknowledgement

The authors are grateful to the insightful comments of Prof Kathy Kram, Boston University Questrom School of Business, and Prof Frankie J. Weinberg, Loyola University New Orleans, USA.

Citation

Kumar, P. and Budhwar, P. (2020), "Contextualizing Mentoring in the Asian Context", Kumar, P. and Budhwar, P. (Ed.) Mentorship-driven Talent Management, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-691-520201002

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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