Characteristics of Effective Mentoring in a Formal Mentoring Setting
A qualitative phenomenological study was conducted to determine the perceivedlevels of effectiveness and barriers for a successful mentoring relationship betweenmentors and mentees. Specifically, this study explored the formal mentoringrelationships within Texas AgriLife Extension's Mentoring Program. Research wasconducted on mentoring relationships from mentor and mentee perspectives to determinehow they perceived the relationships' effectiveness, which may serve as a model forfurther research.The population for this longitudinal study was mentors and mentees in a formalmentoring relationship between the years of 2004 and 2008 within Texas AgriLifeExtension Service. One hundred-six mentoring relationships were examined over a fiveyear period. The data were gathered from an open-ended evaluation instrumentadministered at the end of the one-year mentoring relationship.Wells, (1997) served as the conceptual framework for this study. Wells's modelis based on the nine roles of value-creating order, inspiring action, and improvingperformance-and was used to identify skills that could build professional capacity for a mentor and mentee. The findings of this study indicated that mentors and menteesperceived the formal mentoring program to be effective in sharing knowledge, resources,and experiences. Mentors and mentees indicated that the barriers of time, distance,differences, and work load existed and the relationship could have been improved ifbarriers were minimized. The perceived characteristics that emerged for an effectivementoring relationship were trusting, encouraging, and leadership.Recommendations were made that researchers should continue to look at trainingand processes for mentors and mentees preparing for a mentoring relationship.
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2009-12
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Other Persons: | Rosser, Manda H. (contributor) |
Subject: | mentoring | Extension | new employees | mentees | mentors | proteges |
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