Mentor matching: A "goodness of fit" model

Administration and Society

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 465-482

  Bozeman, Barry ^a   Feeney, Mary K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Goodness of fit; Informal mentoring; Mentor; Mentoring model

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749150105     PISSN: 00953997     EISSN: 15523039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095399708320184     Document Type: Article

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