The roles of self-disclosure, modesty, and self-monitoring in the mentoring relationship: A longitudinal multi-source investigation

Career Development International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-240

  Blickle, Gerhard ^a   Schneider, Paula B ^a   Perrewé, Pamela L ^b   Blass, Fred R ^b   Ferris, Gerald R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee behaviour; Mentoring; Self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 43749119162     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430810870485     Document Type: Article

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