Cutting across the fields of psychology, management, education, counseling, social work, and sociology,
The Blackwell Handbook of Mentoring reveals an innovative, multi-disciplinary approach to the practice and theory of mentoring.
- Provides a complete, multi-disciplinary look at the practice and theory of mentoring and demonstrates its advantages
- Brings together, for the first time, expert researchers from the three primary areas of mentoring: workplace, academy, and community
- Leading scholars provide critical analysis on important literature concerning theoretical approaches and methodological issues in the field
- Final section presents an integrated perspective on mentoring relationships and projects a future agenda for the field
Notes on Contributors.
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: Introduction.
1. Overview and Introduction (Tammy D. Allen, University of South Florida, Lillian T. Eby, University of Georgia).
2. Definition and Evolution of Mentoring (Lillian T. Eby, University of Georgia; Jean E. Rhodes, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Tammy D. Allen, University of South Florida).
Part II: Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Issues.
3. Youth Mentoring: Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Issues (Thomas E. Keller, Portland State University).
4. Student–Faculty Mentoring: Theoretical Approaches and Methodological Issues (W. Brad Johnson, U.S. Naval Academy; Gail Rose, University of Vermont; Lewis Z. Schlosser, Seton Hall University).
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