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Fisher, Julia; Fisher, Daniel S.; Christensen, Clayton M.

doi:10.1002/9781119548522

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“…There is not one single definition of social capital agreed upon by various scholars and disciplines (Dika & Singh, 2002;Lin, 2001;Son, 2020). For this article, we borrowed Fisher and Fisher's (2018) social capital definition: "young people's access to and ability to mobilize human connections that might help them further their potential and their goals" (p. 37). In a review of social capital studies in education, Dika and Singh (2002) synthesized evidence that access to social capital was associated with increased educational attainment and achievement.…”

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“…Mentors are interested in students and familiar with the system to motivate and help them navigate and achieve their goals (Portes & Rumbaut, 2014). Additionally, they may provide opportunities, information, advice, and support to adolescents (Fisher & Fisher, 2018). It is noteworthy that this article focuses on naturally occurring mentors instead of formal mentoring programs, such as Big Brothers Big Sisters (Rhodes, 2020).…”

Section: Mentors As a Form Of Social Capitalmentioning

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The Role of Immigrant Generation and Mentors in Educational Attainment

Caduff,

Dehingia,

Raj

2023

AERA Open

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Social capital, including engagement with mentors, facilitates educational attainment. However, engagement with mentors differs significantly across groups of adolescents with different backgrounds, including an immigrant background. We investigate how immigrant generation predicts adolescents’ engagement with mentors and different types of mentors (i.e., school-based and non-school-based), the association of mentors with educational attainment, and these estimates’ heterogeneity based on the immigrant generation. We analyzed nationally representative Add Health data from N = 11,242 adolescents by using school fixed-effect linear probability models. Results show that adolescents from immigrant generations 1 and 2 were less likely than those from generation 3+ to have a mentor, but there were no significant differences in engaging with school-based mentors. Mentors predicted educational attainment; school-based mentor effects were larger than non-school-based mentor effects. The associations between mentors and college attendance and graduation were largest for first-generation immigrants. Our findings indicate the importance of structures supporting relationship-building and mentorship in schools and wider communities.

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Section: Theoretical Framework and Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mentors As a Form Of Social Capitalmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Immigrant Generation and Mentors in Educational Attainment

Caduff,

Dehingia,

Raj

2023

AERA Open

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Effectiveness of informational interviewing for facilitating networking self‐efficacy in university students

Kanar

2023

The Career Development Quart

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Networking helps people explore careers and find jobs. To date, the scientific literature has described few evidence‐based techniques for boosting networking self‐efficacy in university students. Here, two studies assessed the effectiveness of informational interviewing as a theory‐based technique for improving networking self‐efficacy. Study 1 (n = 90) used a pre–post, quasi‐experimental design and found participants who conducted a virtual informational interview with business professionals reported higher networking self‐efficacy at posttest than participants in a comparison condition. Study 2 (n = 72) used a single‐group design with three measurement occasions and found self‐reported learning during an in‐person informational interview moderated the relationship between participants’ pre‐ and posttest networking self‐efficacy. Results suggest that informational interviewing can be an effective technique for increasing networking self‐efficacy among university students.

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Transformations of Trust Under Caused by Instabilities of Educational Interactions

Mineev

Борисенко²

2023

Advances in Natural, Human-Made, and Coupled Human-Natural Systems Research

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Who You Know

Cited by 9 publications

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The Role of Immigrant Generation and Mentors in Educational Attainment

The Role of Immigrant Generation and Mentors in Educational Attainment

Effectiveness of informational interviewing for facilitating networking self‐efficacy in university students

Transformations of Trust Under Caused by Instabilities of Educational Interactions

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