Satisfaction with mentoring relationships: Does gender identity matter?

Career Development International

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-120

  Ortiz Walters, Rowena ^a   Eddleston, Kimberly Ann ^b   Simione, Kathleen ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Career guidance; Gender; Mentoring; Sociology of work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951982121     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431011040923     Document Type: Article

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