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Workplace Climate as a Facilitator of Informal Mentoring Relationships: A Protégé’s Perspective

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A qualitative study on informal mentoring from the protégé’s perspective, this chapter examines whether firms that encourage informal mentoring relationships positively impact the formation of mentoring networks. One of the key findings is that organization culture mitigates the effect of the high power distance equation in India. Implications for the protégé and the firm are discussed. This study is especially useful in the context of dealing with a younger workforce, with employees preferring to make their own choices rather than be bound in an ‘iron-caged’ mentoring relationship initiated by the firm.

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Mathew, A. (2018). Workplace Climate as a Facilitator of Informal Mentoring Relationships: A Protégé’s Perspective. In: Kumar, P. (eds) Exploring Dynamic Mentoring Models in India. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56405-0_4

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