Productive Tensions in a Cross-Cultural Peer Mentoring Women’s Network: A Social Capital Perspective

Mentoring and Tutoring: Partnership in Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-36

  Esnard, Talia ^a   Cobb Roberts, Deirdre ^b   Agosto, Vonzell ^b   Karanxha, Zorka ^b   Beck, Makini ^c   Wu, Ke ^d   Unterreiner, Ann ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^e Mesa ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural; peer mentoring; productive tensions; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928760624     PISSN: 13611267     EISSN: 14699745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13611267.2015.1011035     Document Type: Article

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