Dynamics of Paternalistic Mentoring: An Insight into Family Firms in Bangladesh

Abstract

Mentoring is an intense relationship between a senior experienced individual who is the mentor and a less experienced individual who is the protégé. Mentors provide counselling, guidance, advice, support and feedback for the protégé's personal and professional development. With the well-being of the family as the central issue in family firms, mentoring is often seen to be akin to a parent–child relationship. In Bangladesh, paternalistic and informal parental mentoring is the norm for grooming children both morally and professionally. Using six caselets of large family firms of Bangladesh, this chapter provides insight into the paternalistic style of mentoring, and also the generational differences in mentoring between the firm's owner and his successor.

Citation

Nahid, F. (2020), "Dynamics of Paternalistic Mentoring: An Insight into Family Firms in Bangladesh", Kumar, P. and Budhwar, P. (Ed.) Mentorship-driven Talent Management, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 169-194. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78973-691-520201010