Reconceptualizing Mentoring at Work: A Developmental Network Perspective

By M. J. Higgins, K. Kram. 2001

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Education, Social Psychology

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The Interconnectedness of the Roles of Mentors and Mentees in Pre-service Teacher Education Mentoring Relationships (2010, background): “Hudson and Millwater (2006) describe supervision as having the key purpose of assessment performance, whereas mentoring is about building trust within a relationship.”
Protean Careers at Work: Self-Direction and Values Orientation in Psychological Success (2018, background): “Research on relational influences can extend beyond dyadic relationships to include research on developmental networks (Higgins & Kram 2001, Yip & Kram 2017), career reference groups (Grote & Hall 2013), and career communities (Parker et al. 2004).”
Mentoring minority graduate students: issues and strategies for institutions, faculty, and students (2007, background): “Minority students too may resist relationships with White faculty who they perceive as promoting their assimilation (rather than integration) and for fear of being groomed or cloned in a way that would force them to give up their unique cultural identities (Girves et al., 2005).”
What’s in a Name? A Literature-Based Approach to Understanding Mentoring, Coaching, and Other Constructs That Describe Developmental Interactions (2003, background): “A developer is the person(s) who provides the development (Higgins, 2000; Higgins & Kram, 2001).”
The effects of mentoring on role stress, job attitude, and turnover intention in the hotel industry (2015, positive): “…roles to their mentees, and motivate them by providing sponsorship, exposure and visibility, coaching, protection, or challenging assignments (Dutton and Heaphy, 2003; Dutton and Ragins, 2007; Higgins and Kram, 2001; Kram, 1983, 1985; Ragins and Cotton, 1999; Rutherford and Wiegenstein, 1985).”
Self-Regulation of Creativity at Work: The Role of Feedback-Seeking Behavior in Creative Performance (2011, background): “Indeed, more distant, external sources may not be aware of an employee’s desire for advice and guidance (Higgins & Kram, 2001), or they may feel that they have no formal authority to provide feedback and thus may consider not giving it.”
Pathways for Positive Identity Construction at Work: Four Types of Positive Identity and the Building of Social Resources (2010, background): “Having relationships with a diverse group of people is important for identifying and accessing career opportunities (Burt, 1992; Higgins & Kram, 2001) and for gaining social support (Bell, 1990).”
Mentoring circles in higher education (2009, background): “Researchers in higher education have linked mentoring to career advancement (Burke & McKeen, 1997; Higgins, 2000, 2001); increased self-confidence (De Vries, 2005) and personal satisfaction and growth (Ehrich, Hansford, & Tennent, 2004).”
Constructing a professional identity: how young female managers use role models (2006, methodology): “Higgins and Kram (2001) identified a matrix of four different developmental networks of types of mentors.”