. Within their sociocultural contexts, however, key relationships (e.g. parents, teachers, mentors and peers) helped mitigate … talent development. Practical implications Parents, teachers, mentors and peers are not only critical, but they are lifelines …

tool, and a workplace learning activity for men, women and minority groups in a variety of organisational settings such as … ubiquitous yet elusive concept. We begin by exploring what is meant by mentoring, the functions of mentors, three different …

-four men and women who recently left management positions to pursue entrepreneurial career paths. Building on a social capital … multiple mentors and for gender differences in the patterns of these mentoring relationships. This study has important …

.The population for this longitudinal study was mentors and mentees in a formalmentoring relationship between the years of 2004 and … 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 …

's sustainability. The study is the first of its kind in that it relates specifically to entrepreneurship mentors. This study … empirically endeavours to determine the basic profile of entrepreneurship mentors in South Africa and their skills sets. The study …

mentees and 228 were mentors from public- and private-sector organisations, representing all four gender combinations of … revealed few significant relationships between gender and mentoring functions. As far as mentees were concerned, female mentors … provided personal and emotional guidance to a greater extent than male mentors; female mentors provided career development …