An Investigation of the Moderating Effects of Gender on the Relationships between Mentorship Initiation and Protégé Perceptions of Mentoring Functions

The Role of Administrative Mentoring in the Pharmacy Deanship

“…The literature suggests that male mentors often shy away from female protégés for a variety of reasons, including personal risk to career and fear of perception of an inappropriate relationship. 11,14,16,26,32 These findings also support the literature that suggests since mentors can provide socialization, access to networks, and career-development, mixed mentoring relationships are more likely to occur in maledominated professions. 14 Established deans, due to their length of tenure, may be more able to provide socialization and access to networks than newly named deans.…”

Mentoring and network ties

“…Subsequently, many research studies have examined the outcomes from formal and informal mentoring (e.g. Ragins & Cotton, 1996;Ragins et al, 2000;Scandura & Williams, 2001).…”

Long-distance relationships

“…Psychosocial mentoring involves mentor roles such as counselor or friend, and career-related mentoring involves mentor roles such as coach or sponsor (Noe, 1988;Ra gins and McFarlin, 1990). Some prefer to view role-modeling as a third category, rather than as embedded within psychosocial mentoring (Donaldson et al, 2000;Scandura & Williams, 2001). Mentoring is not considered an all-or-nothing enterprise; a mentor may fulfill only one role or take on many roles (Kram, 1985;Ragins, Cotton, & Miller, 2000).…”