TY - JOUR AB - The “hypercompetitive environment” within which businesses are now operating demands that organizations look for ways to continually improve their competitiveness if they are to remain viable and successful. This paper integrates ideas on competitive strategies and effective mentoring to demonstrate the link between employee mentoring and organizational competitiveness. It is proposed that mentoring can offer a unique opportunity to enhance competitiveness through a carefully designed and structured program that both supports and drives an organization’s business strategy. VL - 16 IS - 2 SN - 1059-5422 DO - 10.1108/cr.2006.16.2.158 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/cr.2006.16.2.158 AU - Mathews Pamela PY - 2006 Y1 - 2006/01/01 TI - The role of mentoring in promoting organizational competitiveness T2 - Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal PB - Emerald Group Publishing Limited SP - 158 EP - 169 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -