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Colley, Helen – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2001
Explores the use of Homer's "Odyssey" as a source of definitions and legitimations of many current accounts of mentoring. Identifies an emerging discourse of mentoring which exerts control not only over the young people being mentored, but also over career guidance staff expected to act as mentors in new Personal Adviser roles. (Contains…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Classical Literature, Foreign Countries, Helping Relationship