Principals in Practice

The Importance of Mentorship in the Early Stages of Career Development

Bibliographic Data

ID6090168
AuthorsFiona M Kay (0000-0001-5250-7354, Queen's University), J Hagan (0000-0002-4262-9822, American Bar Foundation), Patricia A Parker (0000-0003-1878-1186, University of Toronto), Patricia Parker
Year2009
Volume31
Issue1
Pages69-110
Publication date2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLaw & Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9930.2008.00285.x
OpenAlexW2097354665
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited85

In this article we empirically assess the benefits of mentorship across a diverse range of extrinsic and intrinsic career rewards. Using an integrated model, we investigate the ways in which characteristics of the organization, as well as characteristics of both protégés and mentors affect the outcomes of mentoring relationships. Our study includes two samples: new law school graduates and a more seasoned cohort of established lawyers. Our results reveal the unique contributions of career and psychosocial mentor functions to early and established careers, as well as the substantial rewards of informal and multiple mentors to the career paths of professionals

Affect (linguistics · Career development · Cohort · Developmental psychology · Erikson's stages of psychosocial development · Medical education · Mentorship · Pedagogy · Psychosocial · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development · Psychology

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