Formal Mentoring: Mentee And Mentor Expectations And Perceived Challenges

The purpose of this study was to investigate the expectations and perceived challenges of mentees and mentors regarding a formal mentoring programme within the South African work context. The convenience sampling method was used to identify respondents (N = 12). Qualitative methods were used to coll...

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Main Authors: Sonia D. C. Pinho, Melinda Coetzee, Dries Schreuder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2005-11-01
Series:South African Journal of Human Resource Management
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Online Access:https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/72
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spelling doaj-b5a59f14efe14c67aef120f17d3f84502020-11-24T20:44:31ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Human Resource Management1683-75842071-078X2005-11-013310.4102/sajhrm.v3i3.7272Formal Mentoring: Mentee And Mentor Expectations And Perceived ChallengesSonia D. C. Pinho0Melinda Coetzee1Dries Schreuder2University of South AfricaUniversity of South AfricaUniversity of South AfricaThe purpose of this study was to investigate the expectations and perceived challenges of mentees and mentors regarding a formal mentoring programme within the South African work context. The convenience sampling method was used to identify respondents (N = 12). Qualitative methods were used to collect and analyse data on the respondents’ views on the formal mentoring programme. The results suggest that male and female mentees differ in terms of their expectations and the challenges they perceive in the formal mentoring relationship. The expectations of mentees also appear to be different from those of mentors regarding the formal relationship.https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/72Formal mentoring
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Melinda Coetzee
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Melinda Coetzee
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Formal Mentoring: Mentee And Mentor Expectations And Perceived Challenges
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Melinda Coetzee
Dries Schreuder
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title Formal Mentoring: Mentee And Mentor Expectations And Perceived Challenges
title_short Formal Mentoring: Mentee And Mentor Expectations And Perceived Challenges
title_full Formal Mentoring: Mentee And Mentor Expectations And Perceived Challenges
title_fullStr Formal Mentoring: Mentee And Mentor Expectations And Perceived Challenges
title_full_unstemmed Formal Mentoring: Mentee And Mentor Expectations And Perceived Challenges
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publisher AOSIS
series South African Journal of Human Resource Management
issn 1683-7584
2071-078X
publishDate 2005-11-01
description The purpose of this study was to investigate the expectations and perceived challenges of mentees and mentors regarding a formal mentoring programme within the South African work context. The convenience sampling method was used to identify respondents (N = 12). Qualitative methods were used to collect and analyse data on the respondents’ views on the formal mentoring programme. The results suggest that male and female mentees differ in terms of their expectations and the challenges they perceive in the formal mentoring relationship. The expectations of mentees also appear to be different from those of mentors regarding the formal relationship.
topic Formal mentoring
url https://sajhrm.co.za/index.php/sajhrm/article/view/72
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