Virtual mentors: mentoring on the internet

✍ Scribed by Stephen B. Knouse

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 457 KB
• Volume: 38
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-0787
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-1920.2001.tb00498.x

✦ Synopsis

Mentoring is an increasingly important function for career success. Many special groups, however, including minorities and women, have difficulty finding a mentor. One solution is virtual mentoring—selecting and interacting with mentors on the Internet. The author discusses advantages of virtual mentoring over other forms of mentoring, describes examples of Internet mentoring for various special groups and purposes, and suggests future directions for Internet mentoring.