Who wants to be a mentor? An examination of attitudinal, instrumental, and social motivational components

Career Development International

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-324

  Van Emmerik, Hetty ^a   Baugh, S Gayle ^b   Euwema, Martin C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Mentoring; Motivation (psychology); The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 21844468955     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430510609145     Document Type: Article

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