Context and Mentoring: Examining Formal and Informal Relationships in High Tech Firms and K-12 Schools

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Overview: Mentoring relationships have been increasingly used as a means for leadership development across a range of contexts. However, it is unclear whether mentoring and its outcomes are a function of the type of mentoring provided within an organization's context. To begin to address this issue, the study presented in this paper examines the effects of mentoring relationship type (formal vs. informal) and organizational context (high tech corporate firms vs. K-12 schools) on proteges' perception of mentoring functions and outcomes using data from 88 working professionals.

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