The impact of mentoring on African American women in their first management position: A phenomenological study.

摘要

The career development of African American women continues to lag behind that of other groups by a considerable margin. This qualitative phenomenological study portrayed and illuminated the experiences that ten African American women had with mentoring while in their first management role, and the impact they believe mentoring had on their ability to develop careers in management. Participants from two professional organizations, The Black MBA Association, Inc.______Chapter and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.______Chapter, were interviewed. The results of this study indicated through ten emergent themes that mentoring African American women while in their first management role may provide career development and psychosocial benefits that enhance the women's ability to adapt to the management role.