What do doctoral students value in their ideal mentor?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 555-567

  Bell Ellison, Bethany A ^a   Dedrick, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validation; Doctoral education; Gender differences; Mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349101418     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-008-9085-8     Document Type: Article

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