Improved mentor satisfaction: Emphasising protégé training for adult-age mentoring dyads

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 163-174

  Kasprisin, Christina Algiere ^a   Single, Peg Boyle ^a   Single, Richard M ^a   Ferrier, Jamie L ^a   Muller, Carol B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MentorNet   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult age mentoring dyads; E mentoring; Mandatory prot g training; Mentor satisfaction; Prot g training; Randomized experimental design; Telementoring; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951698532     PISSN: 13611267     EISSN: 14699745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13611260801916424     Document Type: Article

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