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Does Choice Matter? The Impact Of Allowing Proteges To Select Their Own Mentors, Dana Kendall
Does Choice Matter? The Impact Of Allowing Proteges To Select Their Own Mentors, Dana Kendall
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Many organizations currently implement formal mentoring programs to assist newcomers in their adjustment to organizational norms, standards, and culture. However, very few empirically-established guidelines exist for how to effectively match mentors to proteges in formal programs sponsored by organizations. Typically, organizations attempt to match mentors to proteges based on similarity of goals/interests. However, prior research suggests that even mentors and proteges disagree with respect to their perceived similarity. Consequently, it should be difficult for a program administrator to determine which mentors and proteges are likely to be compatible. Recent research has found that proteges who perceived they had input into …