We cordially invite you to our PDW session, sponsored by CAR, HR, OB, MED
Building a Successful Mentoring Program: Insights from the Careers Division Junior Scholar Mentoring Program
Friday, Aug 4, 2023
1:30pm - 3:30pm
Commonwealth, Sheraton
Session 166 (aom.econference.io/public/A5p5d1k/main/sessions/29220)
Participants:
Yehuda Baruch, Southampton Business School, United Kingdom
Corinne Post, Villanova University, USA
Bert Schreurs, Vrije Universitieit, Brussels, Belgium
Mami Taniguchi, Waseda, Japan
Janine Bosak, Dublin City University, Ireland
Jeffrey Yip, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Kira Choi, Emlyon Business School, France
Noemi Nagy, University of South Florida, USA
Hayuta Yinon, Oranim College of Education, Israel
Vivek Nair, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
In line with the main theme for this year's conference "Putting the worker front and center", how organizations support employees is a topic of interest. One of the common effective practices for supporting employees is mentoring. Years of research on mentoring have shown that mentoring is beneficial for mentees, mentors, and organizations. As such, many AOM divisions offer support and mentoring initiatives for their members. One of these initiatives is the Careers Division Junior Scholar Mentoring Program. This is an international year-long program that is conducted virtually. It divides the participants into smaller groups of two mentors and four to six mentees. The groups meet four times a year. Guided by a detailed workbook, the mentees are responsible for setting up, leading, and summarizing the meetings. This program is unique in terms of being mentee-led, community-based, and flexible to accommodate mentees' needs during the mentoring sessions and year-long in duration, thus providing mentees and mentors with the opportunity to build long-term relationships and collaborations. In so doing, this program has become a great case study for all AOM divisions to learn from. After two cycles of the mentoring program, the main goal of the PDW would be to reflect on its key aspects by all the relevant stakeholders (organizers, mentors, and mentees) and to gain insights for improving future cycles and for designing similar mentoring programs in other divisions.
We hope you will join us.
Sincerely,
Hayuta and Vivek
PDW Organizers
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Hayuta Yinon
Oranim College of Education
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