Leadership & Organization Development Journal articles from May 1996

Leadership & Organization Development Journal archives from May 1996

Mentoring in the Information Age.(Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow Through Mentoring)
May 1, 1996... Mentoring is an enduring phenomenon that has survived several major, historical paradigm shifts. The fact that it has endured, documented, for millennia (consider for example, Moses and Aaron and/or Joshua) suggests that mentoring fulfils some...

Mentoring and coaching as part of a human resource development strategy: an example at Coca-Cola Foods.(Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow Through Mentoring)
May 1, 1996... Mentorship is considered an important training and development tool in the academic literature (Hunt and Michael, 1983; Kram, 1985a), and is present as a formal programme in many companies (Burke and McKeen, 1989; Klauss, 1981; Kram, 1985b). It...

Performance evaluation and counselling in a professional services firm.(Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow Through Mentoring)
May 1, 1996... North American organizations have become more performance-driven in the late 1980s and 1990s. This emphasis has resulted from several factors. First, the economic recession in the early 1980s highlighted the need for organizations to be more...

Issues facing organizations when implementing formal mentoring programmes.(Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow Through Mentoring)
May 1, 1996... The implementation of formal mentoring programmes, whereby the organization formally encourages and facilitates mentor-protege relationships, is a relatively recent phenomenon in organizations. Mentors are advisers, counselling their proteges...

Jumping the hurdles: barriers to mentoring for women in organizations.(Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow Through Mentoring)
May 1, 1996... In the race to the top, mentors can make the difference between getting on the inside track and trailing the field (Dreher and Ash, 1990; Fagenson, 1989; Scandura, 1992; Whitely et al., 1991). Practitioners and academics alike have underscored...

Challenges in cross-gender mentoring relationships: psychological intimacy, myths, rumours, innuendoes and sexual harassment.(Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow Through Mentoring)
May 1, 1996... For two years, Anne had been a student working in the training department of XYZ Corporation working toward one goal: to get her PhD. Ted, Anne's mentor, worked with her to make her goal a reality. Gradually, Ted's behavior towards her became...

Perspectives on mentoring.(Developing the Leaders of Tomorrow Through Mentoring)
May 1, 1996... Why should an organization's leaders support mentoring, given that research and practice suggests that mentoring offers mixed results for the organization and its leaders (Jacobi, 1991; Merriam, 1983)? Though proteges arguably benefit, as...