“…Their biographical interview study of significant peer relationships identifies the information peer (sharing information with the protégé), the collegial peer (providing career strategizing, job-related feedback, and friendship), and the special peer (providing confirmation, emotional support, personal feedback, and friendship). Based on the answers on two open-ended questions of a larger survey, Allen and Finkelstein (2003) found that family members, supervisors, colleagues, subordinates, and friends provide comparable developmental support as mentors do. However, for a long time, mentoring studies ignored the influence of others on the protégé's career development.…”