Creating a new mindset: guidelines for mentorship in today’s workplace

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(2011), "Creating a new mindset: guidelines for mentorship in today’s workplace", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 19 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/hrmid.2011.04419eaa.006

Creating a new mindset: guidelines for mentorship in today’s workplace

Article Type: Abstracts From: Human Resource Management International Digest, Volume 19, Issue 5

Emelo R. T+D (USA), January 2011, Vol. 65 No. 1, Start page: 44, No. of pages: 5

Explains how mentoring has developed, arguing that there have been five significant shifts in its practice. Lists these shifts as being: the acceptance that mentoring can happen in individual, group and situational interactions; the broadening of the terms “mentee” and “mentor” to become “learner” and “advisor”: the idea that career advancement is not the only purpose of mentoring; the understanding that mentoring can be used across the hierarchy of the organization with peer-to-peer mentoring but also subordinate-to-manager mentoring; and the awareness that mentoring need not be time-consuming or occur only in face-to-face situations. Discusses these developments and their implications for mentoring programs. ISSN: 1535-7740 Reference: 40AG372

Keywords: Mentoring, Employees development