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Article: Similarity and Attraction in Business and Academic Environments: Same and Cross-Sex Mentoring Relationships.
- Article from:
- Review of Business
- Article date:
- March 22, 2000
- Author:
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Introduction
At a corporate cocktail party the proud mentor shows off her protege to her colleagues. As she introduces her rising star, her protege follows her lead in smiling and moving through the crowd. The protege mirrors her mentor's moves as she smoothly joins conversations then skillfully continues on to other interactions.
At the golf course a mentor brings his protege along as a "fourth" to make up for a missing member of a traditional Saturday morning golf quartet. The mentor tells his pals that his protege is "like a son to him" and that he will fit right in to their game.
Mentoring relationships between a more accomplished mentor ...