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Mentoring Global Dual‐Career Couples: A Social Learning Perspective
Author(s) -
Harvey Michael,
Napier Nancy K.,
Moeller Miriam,
Williams Laura A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2009.00571.x
Subject(s) - expatriate , perspective (graphical) , psychology , dual (grammatical number) , career development , mentorship , psychosocial , social learning theory , social psychology , pedagogy , medical education , applied psychology , medicine , art , literature , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , political science , computer science , law
This paper explores the dimensions and means to implement a global dual‐career expatriate couple mentoring program. The rationale is that learning from an experienced mentor mitigates the complexity of global assignments, leading to more successful completion of overseas assignments. We explored the impact of such mentoring programs on “nontraditional” global managers, along with their trailing spouses. Social learning theory was used as the foundation for the development of such a mentoring program. To add to the contextual understanding of global assignments imposed on global dual‐career couples, we explored the effectiveness of mentoring by investigating temporal (before, during, after expatriation) and gender‐related dimensions. Further, we analyzed the level of mentor involvement (personal, organizational, and professional) regarding psychosocial and career development.