Organizational antecedents and moderators that impact on the effectiveness of exemplary formal mentoring programs in fortune 500 companies in the united states

Human Resource Development International

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 467-487

  Hegstad, Christine D ^a   Wentling, Rose Mary ^b  

^a MAP Professional Development Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Formal mentoring; Mentoring programs; Organizational antecedents

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053541899     PISSN: 13678868     EISSN: 14698374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13678860500199808     Document Type: Article

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