An Analysis of the Formal Mentoring Concept in Business and Industry: Implications for Development and Implementation

With an awareness of the kind of developmental assistance mentors can provide inexperienced employees, public and private sector organizations have encouraged mentoring relationships as part of their career development programs. Employers often looked toward a formal mentoring program as a means of instituting a management continuity system at a variety of levels. Some have used the program as a vehicle to integrate newcomers, protected class employees, and high potential employees more rapidly into the mainstream. However, there was no empirical evidence which described how formal mentoring programs were used in business and industry.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Horton, Yvonne Roulhac

Contributors dc:contributor

• Leach, James A.

• Business Administration, Management
• Education, Guidance and Counseling

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8823148

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69191