... mentorship Social cognitive career theory Mentor guidance Research aspiration Research self-efficacy Mentoring relationships The global rise in undergraduate education and overall education levels underscores the growing importance of undergraduate involvement in scientific research. Research...

... on the nature of effective mentoring relationships, provision of effective observation-based feedback and the facilitation of critical reflection. Blended learning models appear to have potential and organisational leaders need to recognise and value mentoring to ensure that it is prioritised. Originality...

.... Mentoring relationships are commonly viewed as dyads – one mentor and one mentee establishing an individual relationship. However, one-to-one pairings of mentors and mentees are not always feasible or even beneficial. Based on needs and the availability of mentors and mentees, some mentoring programs may...

...). Peer mentoring is unique in that it connects new students with more experienced students in a bond that is often more personal than that of a traditional faculty/student mentoring relationship (Colvin and Ashman, 2010 ; Holley and Caldwell, 2012). Having increased in popularity in recent years, peer...