The Mentoring Relationship Challenges Scale: The impact of mentoring stage, type, and gender

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 253-266

  Ensher, Ellen A ^a   Murphy, Susan E ^b  

^a LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Careers; Gender; Mentoring; Relationship challenges; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958071009     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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