Cultural aspects in multicultural mentoring-to-work relationships
This survey analyses mentors’ and migrant mentees’ perceptions of the role that cultural factors have in labour market integration and in the mentoring relationship. The data consists of Webropol surveys and interviews. The findings revealed that cultural similarity, local language proficiency and t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Brookes University
2023-02-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring |
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| Online Access: | https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/bcd8bf29-68ca-44a6-969d-459885975bbe/1/IJEBCM%2021_1_12.pdf |
| Summary: | This survey analyses mentors’ and migrant mentees’ perceptions of the role that cultural factors have in labour market integration and in the mentoring relationship. The data consists of Webropol surveys and interviews. The findings revealed that cultural similarity, local language proficiency and the ability to build up trust were experienced as supportive. Mentoring can promote cultural competences. We recommend using local languages, recruiting mentors from the same professional field and including the subject ‘culture’ in the mentoring trainings. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-8305 |