The perceptions of protégés in academic organizations in regard to the functions of monitoring

This study analyzes mentoring relationships in academic organizations on the basis of the perceptions of prote«ge«s. According to a study that included eighty-nine research assistants who are in postgraduate and PhD programmes, perceptions of mentoring functions were generally positive. The function of career advancement is relatively stronger than that of psychosocial support, particularly as the period of the mentoring relationship lengthens. The relationship becomes increasingly a psychosocial relationship whereby the communication between mentor and protégé strengthens itself and the relationship becomes increasingly satisfying. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)