Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring ...

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

View graph of relations

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring and the socialisation of new entrants to the academic professions

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring and the socialisation of new entrants to the academic professions. / Knight, P. T.; Trowler, P. R.
In: Mentoring and Tutoring, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1999, p. 23-34.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Knight, PT & Trowler, PR 1999, 'It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring and the socialisation of new entrants to the academic professions', Mentoring and Tutoring, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/0968465990070102

APA

Knight, P. T., & Trowler, P. R. (1999). It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring and the socialisation of new entrants to the academic professions. Mentoring and Tutoring, 7(1), 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/0968465990070102

Vancouver

Knight PT, Trowler PR. It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring and the socialisation of new entrants to the academic professions. Mentoring and Tutoring. 1999;7(1):23-34. doi: 10.1080/0968465990070102

Author

Knight, P. T. ; Trowler, P. R. / It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring and the socialisation of new entrants to the academic professions. In: Mentoring and Tutoring. 1999 ; Vol. 7, No. 1. pp. 23-34.

Bibtex

@article{694d448c63854250bb02e533bdb78668,
title = "It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring and the socialisation of new entrants to the academic professions",
abstract = "The induction and mentoring of new academic staff are becoming urgent concerns because growing numbers of vacancies will appear as the 'baby-boom' generation of academics retires. New recruits will have to engage with the new, complex mandates with which higher education institutions are being charged. Evidence from a study of new academics is set alongside recent North American research into mentoring arrangements for new academics. It is suggested that, on the evidence we present, current British practice falls short of North American recommendations. However, it is claimed that whatever attention is paid to mentoring, its impact cannot be detached from the culture of the departments and teams within which academic staff work. By themselves, better mentoring arrangements cannot resolve looming problems in the induction of new academics.",
author = "Knight, {P. T.} and Trowler, {P. R.}",
year = "1999",
doi = "10.1080/0968465990070102",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
pages = "23--34",
journal = "Mentoring and Tutoring",
issn = "1361-1267",
publisher = "Taylor and Francis Ltd.",
number = "1",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - It Takes a Village to Raise a Child: mentoring and the socialisation of new entrants to the academic professions

AU - Knight, P. T.

AU - Trowler, P. R.

PY - 1999

Y1 - 1999

N2 - The induction and mentoring of new academic staff are becoming urgent concerns because growing numbers of vacancies will appear as the 'baby-boom' generation of academics retires. New recruits will have to engage with the new, complex mandates with which higher education institutions are being charged. Evidence from a study of new academics is set alongside recent North American research into mentoring arrangements for new academics. It is suggested that, on the evidence we present, current British practice falls short of North American recommendations. However, it is claimed that whatever attention is paid to mentoring, its impact cannot be detached from the culture of the departments and teams within which academic staff work. By themselves, better mentoring arrangements cannot resolve looming problems in the induction of new academics.

AB - The induction and mentoring of new academic staff are becoming urgent concerns because growing numbers of vacancies will appear as the 'baby-boom' generation of academics retires. New recruits will have to engage with the new, complex mandates with which higher education institutions are being charged. Evidence from a study of new academics is set alongside recent North American research into mentoring arrangements for new academics. It is suggested that, on the evidence we present, current British practice falls short of North American recommendations. However, it is claimed that whatever attention is paid to mentoring, its impact cannot be detached from the culture of the departments and teams within which academic staff work. By themselves, better mentoring arrangements cannot resolve looming problems in the induction of new academics.

U2 - 10.1080/0968465990070102

DO - 10.1080/0968465990070102

M3 - Journal article

VL - 7

SP - 23

EP - 34

JO - Mentoring and Tutoring

JF - Mentoring and Tutoring

SN - 1361-1267

IS - 1

ER -