Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ567118
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Factors and Outcomes Associated with Mentoring among Health-Care Professionals.
Koberg, Christine S.; Boss, R. Wayne; Goodman, Eric
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v53 n1 p58-72 Aug 1998
In a sample of health professionals (92 male, 275 female), most had same-sex (n=235) and same-race (n=285) mentors. Protege ethnicity and education, intragroup trust, leader approachability, and gender/racial composition of the mentoring pair were significant influences on psychosocial mentoring, which was associated with increased job involvement and self-esteem. (SK)
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Hospitals, Individual Characteristics, Mentors, Race, Self Esteem, Sex
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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