Mentoring programs_ how to overcome key challenges
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: iT presents the AGH University of Krakow’s mentoring program and the challenges encountered during its first two editions. The university—Poland’s second‑largest technical institution—has strong ties with senior alumni but lacked initiatives for mid‑career graduates willing to mentor. The document outlines key obstacles: students misunderstanding the mentoring purpose, mentor applicants with unsuitable motivations, difficulties in matching pairs, and mentors feeling overly responsible for mentees. Solutions included educational materials to clarify expectations, screening for “red flag” mentor attitudes, implementing a mutual‑selection and automated pairing system, and providing training to define appropriate mentor–mentee boundaries.
Source: Instituto Politécnico do Porto
Authors: Janus, Piotr, Nitarska, Natalia
Institution: AGH University of Krakow
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7117127738
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