The role of mentoring others in the career plateauing phenomenon

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-384

  Lentz, Elizabeth ^a   Allen, Tammy D ^b  

^a Personnel Decisions Research Institutes   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career plateau; Job satisfaction; Mentor; Mentor benefits; Mentor experience; Mentoring; Organizational commitment; Turnover intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149175832     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601109334027     Document Type: Article

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