Open AccessPersonality Compatibility Within Faculty Mentoring Dyads and Perceived Mentoring Outcomes: Survey Results of Academic Medicine Institutions in the USA
Author(s) -
Karyn Wulf,
Nicole J. Borges,
Kathryn N. Huggett,
María Blanco,
Philip F. Binkley,
Melissa MooreClingenpeel,
Larry Hurtubise
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-020-01191-w
Subject(s) - mentorship , concordance , personality , psychology , big five personality traits , neuroticism , trait , medical education , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , computer science , programming language
Mentorship is recognized as a critical approach to support successful careers in academic medicine. Obstacles to successful mentoring relationships include difficulty finding appropriate mentors and poor alignment of mentee/mentor interests and goals. We set out to investigate if concordance or discordance in personality traits of mentees and mentors impacts perceived success of mentoring relationships. Our findings indicated that concordance and discordance on one personality trait, neuroticism, seemed to significantly impact the perceived mentoring relationship success related to career progression. Further work to refine criteria for matching mentees and mentors considering personality traits may impact the effectiveness of mentoring relationships.