E-mentoring
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Research
E-Mentoring is still in its infancy, as such there is little published research available that the developers of this approach can call upon for evidence, Circle Squared is seeking to provide a reference point for E-Mentoring.
Whilst we will publish papers authored by Kevin Hunt and his colleagues, we will also seek to obtain permission to publish other research we consider to be of interest to our visitors in the field of E-Mentoring.
If you have written a paper and are happy to submit it to us for consideration, or if you are aware of a paper that you think we should know about please contact us.
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E-mentoring: Is it good for Entrepreneurial Learning?
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July 2004
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Kevin Hunt
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Winner of the ‘Best Technology Paper Award’ at the International Council for Small Business Conference’ in Johannesburg.
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An Evaluation of Electronic Mentoring (E-Mentoring)
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November 2003
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Paul Stokes, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
Ruth Garrett-Harris, Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University
Kevin Hunt, Circle Squared Europe Limited
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As with the fields of knowledge management and organisational learning, the impact of information technology has significant implications for the field of mentoring and coaching. This is because, as Bierema and Merriam (2002) point out, in the case of mentoring, “successful mentoring involves frequent and regular interaction” but that “all sorts of barriers such as time, work responsibilities, geographical distance and lack of trust often reduce if not halt interaction” (p214). With the utilisation of the full range of technology now available E-mentoring promises to mitigate some of these problems because electronic mail and other communication media (e.g.video conferencing) offer economical ways of helping which impinge less on participants time and effort so that frequent interaction is easier to manage and commit to. E-mentoring merges the approach of the traditional mentoring relationship with technology, and is increasingly used as the preferred choice of communication, Realm (2002.This paper will look at two different e-mentoring schemes involving the authors and will evaluate the contribution that electronic mentoring has made in terms of providing an effective alternative mode of mentoring.
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Business Link for London
e-mentoring scheme conducted by Prevista.biz - for Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) Entrepreneurs / Managers
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October 2003
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David Megginson
Ruth Garrett-Harris
Paul Stokes
Mentoring and Coaching Research Group (MCRG)
The Coach House, Barlow, Dronfield, S18 7SS
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E-mentoring of Entrepreneurs and SME Managers: A Review of Academic Literature (pdf)
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2002
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Dr Lew Perren, Brighton University
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This report conducts a systematic analysis of academic peer reviewed literature that examines e-mentoring of entrepreneurs and SME managers. This review has been commissioned at a time when policy-makers are increasingly turning to the internet for solutions (e.g. Katz, 1998, Martin and Matlay, 2001 and Walsh and Dwyer, 2001) and there is a growing consensus that entrepreneurs require flexible, learner-centered and informal mechanisms of support (e.g. Gibb, 1997; Kerr and McDougall, 1999 and Perren and Grant, 2001). Against this backdrop it is understandable that e-mentoring is being considered as possible way forward.
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Made available through the kind permission of the Small Business Service an agency of the Department of Trade & Industry UK.
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E-Mentoring - What is it?
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October 2004
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Kevin Hunt, Circle Squared Europe Ltd.
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Before we even begin to talk about Electronic Mentoring (e-mentoring), what do we understand mentoring to mean? There are a number interpretations and explanations given around the world, with mentoring meaning slightly different things in different cultures.
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