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Mentoring: Pros and Cons for HRM

journal contribution
posted on 2023-08-18, 04:37 authored by Lisa Catherine Ehrich, Brian Hansford
Mentoring has received considerable coverage in recent decades and this is evident by the proliferation of research and popular literature covering the topic. It has been hailed as an important human resource management strat egy, a career tool, and a workplace learning activity for men, women and minority groups in a variety of organizational settings such as hospitals, large corporations, schools, universities and government departments. In this puper we review the literature on this ubiquitous yet elusive concept. We begin by exploring what is meant by mentoring, the functions of mentors, three differ ent categories of mentorship, and the benefits and hazards for the mentor, mentee and organization. In the final part of the paper we highlight some of the implications of setting up a formal mentoring program for human resource managers.

History

Sub-type

  • Article

Publication title

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volume

37

Issue

3

Pagination

92-107

eISSN

1744-7941

ISSN

1038-4111

Department/School

Education

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication status

  • Published