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Burden or Blessing? Expected Costs and Benefits of Being a Mentor
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Burden or Blessing? Expected Costs and Benefits of Being a Mentor

Belle Rose Ragins and Terri A. Scandura
Journal of organizational behavior, Vol.20(4), pp.493-509
1999-07-01
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(199907)20:43.0.CO;2-T

Abstract

Factor analysis Drains Nepotism Constructive Relationship Building Eigenvalues Immortality Job performance Tariff drawbacks Mentoring Analytical forecasting Mentors
We investigated the relationship between anticipated costs and benefits of being a mentor, mentoring experience, and intentions to mentor among a sample of 275 executives. Individuals lacking mentoring experience anticipated greater costs and fewer benefits than experienced individuals. Anticipated costs and benefits were related to intentions to mentor, and this relationship varied by mentoring experience. The results suggest that mentoring may be an intergenerational process.

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