What affects willingness to mentor in the future? An investigation of attachment styles and mentoring experiences

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-256

  Wang, Sheng ^a   Noe, Raymond A ^b   Wang, Zhong Ming ^c   Greenberger, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attachment styles; Attachment theory; Formal mentoring; Mentoring; Mentoring in China; Willingness to mentor

Indexed keywords

EID: 64049113912     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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