Does adviser mentoring add value? A longitudinal study of mentoring and doctoral student outcomes

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 451-476

  Paglis, Laura L ^a   Green, Stephen G ^b   Bauer, Talya N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Doctoral students; Mentors; Research productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645951086     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-9003-2     Document Type: Review

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