Interorganizational formal mentoring: Breaking the concrete ceiling sometimes requires support from the outside

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 275-294

  Murrell, Audrey J ^a   Blake Beard, Stacy ^b   Porter Jr , David M ^c   Perkins Williamson, Addie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Simmons School of Management

^c Walter Kaitz Foundation

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

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EID: 49049113042     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20212     Document Type: Article

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