... 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Mentoring Creativity Networking Creative industries Entrepreneurial orientation Venture performance The cycles of creation, production and distribution of goods and services...

...Poornima Madan; Shalini Srivastava Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between mentoring, managerial effectiveness and demographic variables. Being in a mentoring relationship offers a low-cost experiential learning, encourages diversity and inclusion, helps...

...Dr Sandra Fielden and Prof. Ronald J Burke; Helen M. Woolnough; Sandra Lesley Fielden Purpose – Literature has shown that mentoring and career development programmes can assist women and minority groups in pursuit of more senior roles. The Challenging Perceptions 12-month, multi-faceted career...

...Nancy Graber Pigeon; Wendy Cook; James L. Nimnicht Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a difference between same vs opposite sex pairings in the mentor‐protégé relationship when it comes to salary and levels within the organization. Design/methodology/approach...

...Sylvia Maxfield © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 --> Risk management Women Gender Mentoring Article Type: 2011 Awards for Excellence From: Gender in Management: An International Journal, Volume 27, Issue 1 The following article was selected for this year’s...

... settings (Gist, 1987 ; Lee and Gillen, 1989). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Risk management Women Gender Mentoring Media reporting on business and the economy is replete with language illustrating common stereotypes about gender and risk. Depicting Wall Street's unchecked...

...Eugenia Petridou Purpose The purpose of this paper is to advance the argument for the transformative potential of e‐mentoring support to women entrepreneurs, presenting an e‐mentoring intervention to rural women entrepreneurs in Greece. Design/methodology/approach A six stage e‐mentoring...

...Silvia Inés Monserrat; Jo Ann Duffy; Miguel R. Olivas‐Luján; John M. Miller; Ann Gregory; Suzy Fox; Terri R. Lituchy; Betty Jane Punnett; Neusa María Bastos F. Santos Purpose The purpose of this paper is to compare women's mentoring experience in nine countries within the Americas, and to explore...

...Adelina Broadbridge; Lisa C. Ehrich Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a discussion of some salient research relating to mentoring for women managers. Design/methodology/approach The paper draws mainly upon writing and research from the UK, USA, Canada and Australia to explore...

...Jane L. Fowler; Amanda J. Gudmundsson; John G. O'Gorman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between specific gender combinations of mentor‐mentee and distinct mentoring functions. Design/methodology/approach Of the 500 participants, 272 were mentees and 228...

...David E. Okurame Purpose The study aims to examine the impact of mentor's gender on perceived mentoring functions in the Nigerian work environment. Design/methodology/approach Data were obtained from 161 employees through a survey of a large government‐owned health institution in South‐western...

... have examined their preferences and behaviours. This study gives us a window into the future of how women may act as their numbers increase in Japanese organisations. Denise J. Luethge can be contacted at: dluethge@umflint.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 The gender of mentors...

.... The paper also examines the factors such as national culture, gender stereotypes and leadership, work and family conflict, mentoring and informal networks that impact on the career progression of women academics in two different cultural settings, namely Mauritius and Australia. Design/methodology...

...Adelina Broadbridge; Jenny Headlam‐Wells; Jane Craig; Julian Gosland Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the barriers facing women aiming to progress in their careers, or return to work following a career break, and evaluate the effects of an innovatory e‐mentoring scheme designed...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 --> Gender Equal pay Mentoring United Kingdom Mandatory pay audits backed by "mentoring" key to tackling the gender pay gap, says Prospect Keywords: Gender, Equal pay, Mentoring, United Kingdom The UK gender pay gap...

...Jenny Headlam‐Wells Mentoring is frequently cited as playing an important role in the career development of successful women managers. E‐mentoring is relatively new and under‐researched, particularly outside North America. The present research investigates the advantages of e‐mentoring for women...

...Ronald J. Burke; Carol A. McKeen The mentor relationship has been identified as an important contributor to job and career success. Compares managerial and professional women with and without mentors on a variety of measures. These include personal demographic and situational characteristics, work...

... differences between women and men, but, contrary to Ibarra′s theory of interpersonal networks, some of these differences favour women. Other differences between men and women with mentoring experiences were reported by Burke[ 1 ]. Female protégés reported that their mentors provided more psychosocial...

...Annette Vincent; Judy Seymour Female executives in the USA were surveyed to determine characteristics of and interactions of mentors and protégés. Questions focus on preparation for roles, selection process, gender issues, relationship of mentor/protégé, number of mentors each protégé has had...

... to senior or strategic decision‐making positions in most organizations. Describes some of these barriers and suggests the way forward. Decision making Empowerment Management Mentoring Strategic planning Stress Training Women Management is decision making and decision making is management[ 1...