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9. Why We Can’t Leave Natural Mentoring to Chance

Jean E. Rhodes

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1. “The Kind of Justice Which Only a Brother Can Give” 9
2. Mentoring by the Numbers 25
3. How Did We Get It So Wrong for So Long? 43
4. Giving Psychology Away 71
5. Specialized Mentoring 87
6. The Promise of Embedded and Blended Mentoring 97
7. The Good Enough Mentor 110
8. The Road to Rigor 122
9. Why We Can’t Leave Natural Mentoring to Chance 129
10. The Future of Mentoring 144
Epilogue 148
Notes 153
Acknowledgments 205
Index 207

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674250123-011

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Preface ix
Introduction 1
1. “The Kind of Justice Which Only a Brother Can Give” 9
2. Mentoring by the Numbers 25
3. How Did We Get It So Wrong for So Long? 43
4. Giving Psychology Away 71
5. Specialized Mentoring 87
6. The Promise of Embedded and Blended Mentoring 97
7. The Good Enough Mentor 110
8. The Road to Rigor 122
9. Why We Can’t Leave Natural Mentoring to Chance 129
10. The Future of Mentoring 144
Epilogue 148
Notes 153
Acknowledgments 205
Index 207

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