International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education: Volume 11 Issue 2

Exploring the role of faculty and staff mentors in fostering ethical leadership among undergraduate students: “We have to narrow the distance”

Meg E. Evans, Rebecca M. Taylor, Laila McCloud, Katherine Burr

The purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to identify the aspects that faculty, student affairs educators and students indicate as salient for effective mentoring…

Understanding coaching efficacy in education through activity systems: privileging the nuances of provision

Rachel M. Lofthouse, Anthea Rose, Ruth Whiteside

The research demonstrates the role of activity systems based in Cultural Historical Activity Theory as a means of analysing characteristics and efficacy of specific provisions of…

Mentoring, research self-efficacy, work–life balance and psychological well-being of doctoral program students

Zain Haider, Rabia Dasti

The present correlational research study examined the theoretical and statistical relationship between mentoring, research self-efficacy, work–life balance and the psychological…

Meaning making of mentorship for the tuition-free student

Ceceilia Parnther, Daniel Collier

The study aimed to explore how student recipients of a full-tuition scholarship envision, define and experience mentorship and the types of relationships they have and expect from…

Primary preservice teachers' perspectives of their literacy mentoring experiences during professional placement

Sarah Margaret James, Suzanne(Sue) M. Hudson, Alexandra Lasczik

Being literate can change the lives of Australian students. Therefore, graduating effective teachers of literacy is an imperative for Australian schools. Professional experience…

A comparative study of formal coaching and mentoring programmes in higher education

Jenni Jones, Helen A. Smith

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate two coaching and mentoring programmes focused on the ever-increasingly important aim of enhancing the chances of professional level…

Unpacking effective mentorship practices for early career academics: a mixed-methods study

Julia Sargent, Bart Rienties

Mentoring can be an important source of support, particularly for those who are in the early stages of their career in academia. Drawing upon data from a larger study, the authors…