Mentorship: A Career Training and Development Tool

This paper reviews the literature on mentorship and presents an intitial framework for research on mentor-protege relationships for both men and women.Critical dimensions of this framework include the context within which a mentor-protege relationship exists, the gender of these role partners, the characteristics each partner seeks in the other, the stages of the relationship, and the positive and negative outcomes accruing to the mentor, to the protege, and to their organization.