Initiating mentoring : student and faculty perspectives /
Previous research has suggested that having a mentor can have
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Previous research has suggested that having a mentor can have a powerful impact on career development. Studies have indicated that gender and previous experience in a mentor/protege relationship may influence the development of the relationship between mentor and protege. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether perceptions of the initiation phase of the mentor/protege relationship differed by 1. role as student/faculty, 2. gender, or 3. previous experience in a mentoring relationship. A questionnaire was devised and mailed to directors of training of APA-accredited counseling psychology programs. Directors were asked to distribute questionnaires to all faculty and to students that had been accepted for internship in Fall, 1994. Data obtained from 226 questionnaires did support the hypothesis that one's role as student or faculty influenced perceptions of the initiation process. Faculty and students held differing views on the frequency of the development of mentor/protege relationships, on who is responsible for initiation and on factors that inhibit mentoring. Faculty also reported a greater frequency of mentoring-enhancing interactions than did students. In contrast to previous research, gender did not play a significant role in perceptions of the initiation of mentoring; male and female respondents held very similar views on the initiation process. Nor did previous experience in a mentoring relationship influence perceptions of the students or faculty with respect to initiation. The implications of these findings are discussed and recommendations for both training programs and future research are made. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Counseling Psychology". |
| Physical Description: | xi, 109 leaves ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from University Microfilms Inc. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |