Workplace Mentoring: Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Issues

The Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring: A Multiple Perspectives Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 71-91

  Scandura, Terri A ^a   Pellegrini, Ekin K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal ratings; Management research; Negative emotions; Socialization; Workplace mentoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857318554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691960.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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