In recent decades, mentoring has been identified as a worthwhile workplace learning activity for men, women and …, universities and schools. Mentoring has received enormous coverage in both the popular literature and academic literature. Some of … these sources have hailed the mentoring process as a panacea for a variety of personal ills (Torrance 1984), while a smaller …

Mentoring has received considerable coverage in recent decades and this is evident by the proliferation of research and … ubiquitous yet elusive concept. We begin by exploring what is meant by mentoring, the functions of mentors, three different … highlight some of the implications of setting up a formal mentoring programme for human resource managers. …

A stream of research exists that focuses on traditional mentoring (senior female managers mentoring junior members in a … domestic organization). The literature further indicates that females are increasing in number but may receive less mentoring … than males and expatriates may receive less mentoring than domestic employees. A new paradigm, reverse mentoring, has …

for greater involvement by corporates in mentoring programmes, further research on the role of the private sector in HIV …

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 … 2008 within Texas AgriLifeExtension Service. One hundred-six mentoring relationships were examined over a fiveyear period …

A stream of research exists that focuses on traditional mentoring (senior female managers mentoring junior members in a … domestic organization). The literature further indicates that females are increasing in number but may receive less mentoring … than males and expatriates may receive less mentoring than domestic employees. A new paradigm, reverse mentoring, has …

; Fassinger, 2002). Mentoring has been shown to be a key variable in the career advancement of both men and women. Lack of … mentoring for women also has been demonstrated as a barrier to career advancement (Fassinger & Hensler-McGinnis, 2005). The … identifying barriers and facilitative factors, such as access to mentoring, that could impact women's career success in this arena …

suggest that a practical alternative to many of the structured and formal approaches currently on offer is that of mentoring …. By reviewing the literature pertaining to the method and by presenting SME applications of mentoring we develop a … framework for mentoring in the SME retail sector. …