Title

A Comparison Of Face-To-Face And Electronic Peer-Mentoring: Interactions With Mentor Gender

Keywords

Electronic communication; Formal mentoring; Gender effects; Peer-mentoring; Self-efficacy

Abstract

The present study compared the relative impact of peer-mentoring that took place either face-to-face or through electronic chat. Protégés were 106 college freshmen randomly assigned to a senior college student mentor and to one of the two communication modes. Fifty-one mentors interacted with one of these proteges face-to-face and one solely through electronic chat. Electronic chat resulted in less psychosocial support, career support, and post-mentoring protege self-efficacy for those with male but not female mentors. Analyses of coded transcripts revealed that males condensed their language to a greater extent than did females in the electronic chat condition relative to the face-to-face condition. Dyads in the electronic chat condition had more interactive dialogue than did those in the face-to-face condition. Finally, dialogue interactivity predicted post-mentoring self-efficacy but only for those who communicated through electronic chat. © 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

4-1-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volume

72

Issue

2

Number of Pages

193-206

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2007.11.004

Socpus ID

40749141023 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/40749141023

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