Journal article
Are Mentors Modeling Toxic 'Ideal Worker' Norms?
MIT Sloan management review, Vol.64(1), pp.1-4
01 Oct 2022
Abstract
Mentoring programs are a popular and important tool to support employees in developing skills and advancing at work. At their best, they provide a way for senior managers to nurture promising employees, sometimes by advocating for them at key moments, and other times by helping them navigate the challenges of their roles. But mentoring can also miss the mark. Senior managers can end up perpetuating noninclusive and harmful norms of an "ideal worker" instead of empowering their mentees to challenge the status quo. Here, Ghosh and Chaudhuri offer tips for mentors to challenge the 'ideal worker' status quo and tips for mentees to resist mentors' modeling of 'ideal worker' norms.
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- Title
- Are Mentors Modeling Toxic 'Ideal Worker' Norms?
- Creators
- Rajashi GhoshSanghamitra (Sonai) Chaudhuri
- Publication Details
- MIT Sloan management review, Vol.64(1), pp.1-4
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Identifiers
- 991020542324404721