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This invaluable source book offers guidance, support and advice for those contemplating or involved in academic careers. The contributions provide rich, personal, sometimes poignant and often humorous accounts of shared and unique experiences of those in the world of academia.
Mentoring Relationships: A Comparison of Experiences in Business and Academia
Mentoring Relationships: A Comparison of Experiences in Business and Academia
This essay began as my part of a panel discussion presented at a 1993 preconference session of the Academy of Management. The session was titled “Working With Doctoral Students” and it included presentations by five other faculty members, with an emphasis on each individual's personal experiences of working with doctoral students. At the time of the presentation, I had just defended my dissertation and had not yet started my new job as an assistant professor at Michigan State University. I did not have any personal experience working with doctoral students as a faculty member. So, I asked myself, What could I contribute to the panel ...
