A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Gender Differences in Mentoring
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2010
Keywords
Mentor, Protégé, Mentoring functions
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206308318619
Abstract
This meta-analysis investigates gender differences in mentor- and protégé-reported experience in mentorships as well as career and psychosocial benefits. There are no gender differences in experience as a protégé or protégé receipt of career development, but male protégés report receiving less psychosocial support than female protégés. Furthermore, males are more likely to serve as mentors than females and report giving more career development than female mentors. Conversely, female mentors report providing more psychosocial support than male mentors. In most cases, effect sizes are small and heterogeneous, providing important implications for future research.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Management, v. 36, issue 2, p. 537-554.
Scholar Commons Citation
O'Brien, Kimberly E.; Biga, Andrew; Kessler, Stacey R.; Allen, Tammy D.; and Biga, Andrew, "A Meta-Analytic Investigation of Gender Differences in Mentoring" (2010). Psychology Faculty Publications. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/11
