Mentoring and Practical Wisdom: Are Mentors Wiser or Just More Politically Skilled?
Journal of Business Ethics · 2008 · Volume 83 · Issue 4
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9668-5
Abstract
Mentoring is a natural setting for senior employees to render ethics advice and consultation to junior employees. Two studies examined the question of whether those who mentor are more practically wise than those who do not. Although four different measures of practical wisdom were used, no differences were detected. However, mentors were shown to be more politically skilled than non-mentors.
Keywords
practical wisdom, mentoring, ethics advice, political skills
Enable JavaScript for citation tools and additional paper interactions.