Mentoring Tenure-Track Faculty in Academe

The rationalized myth of faculty mentoring: A critical examination of faculty experiences and institutional change

“…A mentorship network inclusive of colleagues from different disciplines also allows faculty mentees to build relationships outside of their home departments. Such a combination of local, university‐wide, and discipline‐wide relationships can help faculty members learn about the politics and culture associated with their own unit, while also gaining perspectives about academic life and channels to express the worries, frustrations, and struggles with less fear of judgment and other repercussions (Boyle & Boice, 1998; Higgins & Kram, 2001; Joy‐Davis et al., 2011; Smith et al., 2016; Yun et al., 2016). The wide‐ranging mix of mentors can also help mid‐career faculty better understand the implications of choices they make about professional contributions to their own units and their academic disciplines at mid‐career (Rees & Shaw, 2014).…”