Similarity on sports sidelines: How mentor-protégé sex similarity affects mentoring

Sex Roles

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 72-80

  Avery, Derek R ^a   Tonidandel, Scott ^b   Phillips, McKensy G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaches; Mentoring; Sex differences; Similarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049127199     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9321-2     Document Type: Article

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