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Much ado about mentors.

G R Roch

    Harvard Business Review
    |December 13, 1978
    PubMed
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    Mentorship significantly boosts executive careers. Executives with mentors are more educated, earn more earlier, plan careers better, and report higher job satisfaction, fostering future mentorship.

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    Area of Science:

    • Management Science
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Career Development

    Background:

    • Executive compensation, personal data, and career progression are key areas of management study.
    • The influence of mentorship on professional trajectories requires further investigation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To determine the impact of mentor and protege relationships on business careers.
    • To identify characteristics of effective mentors and the long-term effects of these relationships.

    Main Methods:

    • International survey of executives focusing on compensation, personal data, and current position.
    • Analysis of reported mentor-protege relationships within the first five years of professional development.

    Main Results:

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    • Two-thirds of surveyed executives reported having a mentor during early career stages.
    • Executives with mentors demonstrated higher education levels, earlier higher earnings, structured career planning, and greater job satisfaction.
    • Key mentor attributes include willingness to share experience, organizational knowledge, power, and peer respect.

    Conclusions:

    • Mentor-protege relationships are crucial for executive career advancement and satisfaction.
    • Mentorship fosters a cycle of development, with experienced executives often becoming mentors themselves.
    • Sponsors are typically senior individuals prioritizing personnel development and management succession.