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标题：How Networks Impact the Search for a Mentor: An Examination of NCAA Basketball Coaches and Their Protégés
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作者：Jeff W. Mott ; Emily T. Porschitz ; Kimberly E. Sherman 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Leadership Studies
电子版ISSN：1554-3145
出版年度：2007
卷号：3
期号：1
页码：3-20
出版社：Regent University
摘要：In this paper, we analyze the relationship between an individual's upward career mobility and the size of his or her mentors' networks. We introduce the concept of a protégé network and propose that this concept may be important to career self-managers as they evaluate potential professional relationships with leaders and mentors. The mentors of 318 recently active Division I basketball head coaches were analyzed to determine whether the upward career mobility of these coaches was influenced by the protégé networks of their former mentors. The results of this study indicate that the protégé network sizes of the first and longest mentors are related to an individual's upward career mobility. However, it is the aggregate protégé network size of all mentors that has the strongest relationship with career advancement