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ERIC Number: EJ1248895
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0307-5079
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Successful Mentors in Academia: Are They Teachers, Sponsors and/or Collaborators?
Bäker, Agnes; Muschallik, Julia; Pull, Kerstin
Studies in Higher Education, v45 n4 p723-735 2020
Mentors in academia may act as teachers, sponsors and/or collaborators. However, so far there was no evidence on which role mentors should enact to best promote their mentees' careers. This paper focuses on mentors in academia who are not the academic advisor. We provide first evidence on the relationship between the perceived role of mentors as teachers, sponsors and/or collaborators and mentees' subsequent academic career success. Specifically, we find that mentees who perceive their mentors as sponsors who extend their social networks are most successful -- in particular if they perceive their mentors also as teachers. Further, we find that collaborating with mentors who are not their academic advisors on joint research projects has negative implications for mentees' subsequent career success.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Austria; Germany; Switzerland
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