While there are well-established personal benefits to being a mentor, such as increased life satisfaction and job performance (Ramaswami & Dreher, 2007), how mentors grow and develop requires exploration. We meet this need by presenting six key themes from two recent research studies related to the experiences that mentors perceived as contributing to their development. The growth of two leadership theories in particular were explored: generativity and Psychological Capital. Six themes emerged: (a) curricular training, (b) exposure to leadership outcomes, (c) being mentored by peers, (d) experiences with mentee, (e) reflection, and (f ) observing a ripple effect. These themes offer insights on how curricular and co-curricular experiences might maximize leadership development of students and ground leadership interventions, such as mentoring, in theory and research.
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15 July 2020
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July 15 2020
THE INFLUENCE OF BEING A MENTOR ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Recommendations for Curricular and Co-Curricular Experiences Open Access
Hannah Sunerman;
Hannah Sunerman
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University of Nebraska- Lincoln
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Lindsay Hastings
Lindsay Hastings
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University of Nebraska- Lincoln
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Journal of Leadership Education (2020) 19 (3): 44–60.
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Lee J, Sunerman H, Hastings L (2020), "THE INFLUENCE OF BEING A MENTOR ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Recommendations for Curricular and Co-Curricular Experiences". Journal of Leadership Education, Vol. 19 No. 3 pp. 44–60, doi: https://doi.org/10.12806/V19/I3/R4
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