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Section II. Reviews: Experiment and Theory

Mentoring: Using Transactional Analysis to Help Organizational Members Use Their Energy in More Productive Ways

Pages 170-179
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This article reviews various mentoring roles, organizational attitudes toward mentoring, different kinds of mentors, mentoring functions, stages of mentoring, and the benefits and risks of mentoring. In addition, research done by the authors to discover the relationship between career success and mentoring is described. Finally, the use of TA to improve mentoring relationships, particularly with regard to anger and the disowning of the self, is considered.

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Karen Battles

Nick Nykodym, Ph.D., is professor of management, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
Lucy D. Freedman, M.A.T., Certified Transactional Analyst and former ITAA president, offers consulting services through Syntax, Inc.
Jack Simonetti, D.B.A., is professor of management and a former chair of the Management Department, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.
Warren R. Nielsen, Ph.D., is professor of management and chair of the Management Department at Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois.
Karen Battles, B.A., is a research associate at The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio.