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Informal Mentoring

Informal Mentoring is a type of workplace mentoring relationship that emerges spontaneously through daily interactions and shared activities without formal institutional structuring, assignment, or explicit programmatic oversight.

200

Publications

12.7K

Citations

515

Authors

286

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

46

Variants

Spontaneous Mentoring

Parents

Publications

200

Mentor functions and outcomes: A comparison of men and women in formal and informal mentoring relationships.

Belle Rose Ragins, John L. Cotton · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1999 · 1.3K citations

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FORMAL AND INFORMAL MENTORSHIPS: A COMPARISON ON MENTORING FUNCTIONS AND CONTRAST WITH NONMENTORED COUNTERPARTS

Georgia T. Chao, Pat M. Walz, Philip D. Gardner · Personnel Psychology · 1992 · 1.1K citations

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MARGINAL MENTORING: THE EFFECTS OF TYPE OF MENTOR, QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIP, AND PROGRAM DESIGN ON WORK AND CAREER ATTITUDES.

Belle Rose Ragins, John L. Cotton, Joel S. Miller · Academy of Management Journal · 2000 · 921 citations

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Informal Mentors and Education: Complementary or Compensatory Resources?

Lance D. Erickson, Steve McDonald, Glen H. Elder · Sociology of Education · 2009 · 267 citations

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Informal communications, nonformal communications and mentoring in public accounting firms

Mark W. Dirsmith, Mark A. Covaleski · Accounting Organizations and Society · 1985 · 261 citations

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Authors

515

  1. BR
    Belle Rose Ragins

    University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States

    4 publications · 2.5K citations

    4

    h-index

  2. LD
    Lance D. Erickson

    Brigham Young University, United States

    3 publications · 406 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. GG
    Grace Gowdy

    Boston University, United States

    3 publications · 79 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. KP
    Kate Philip

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 215 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. PH
    Philip H. Siegel

    Fairleigh Dickinson University, United States

    3 publications · 48 citations

    3

    h-index

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Institutions

286

  1. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    377 citations

  2. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    411 citations

  3. University of St. Thomas - Minnesota

    Saint Paul, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    258 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    416 citations

  5. Kansas State University

    Manhattan, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    136 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    346 citations

  8. University of South Florida

    Tampa, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    491 citations

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Venues

  1. Mentoring & Tutoring Partnership in Learning

    11 publications · 457 citations

    10

    h-index

  2. Career Development International

    5 publications · 343 citations

    5

    h-index

  3. 4

    h-index

  4. 3

    h-index

  5. College & Research Libraries

    2 publications · 64 citations

    2

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