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Making the Connection: How Mentors Choose Protégés in Academic Mentoring Relationships

Among other things, mentoring research is concerned with how mentors go about the process of choosing who they should mentor. Even when mentoring relationships are assigned, mentors need to feel that the efforts they are putting forth are worth the time and energy. What protégé attributes best attract the attention of a mentor? What mentor attributes make some protégés more attractive to them than others? This study looks at 3 explanations for mentor-protégé attraction, shedding light on the mental processes that influence why some protégés find it easy to get mentors and why some have a much tougher time finding the right person to mentor them. Practical and theoretical implications of this study are included.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc28469
Date05 1900
CreatorsRobertson, Tip M. A.
ContributorsPoirot, James L., 1939-, Norris, Cathleen A., Lin, Lin, Davis, Mark A.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Robertson, Tip M. A., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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