Mentoring in Business and Professional Communication: Case Study of a Multiyear Dynamic

Jeremy Rosselot-Merritt University of Minnesota ; Janel Bloch Northern Kentucky University

Abstract

Mentoring of graduate students is essential to the professional development of business and professional communication (BPC) scholars; it also helps advance the field of BPC and its disciplinary identity. In this article, a professor and graduate student use a case-study approach incorporating historical/archival data collection and grounded in critical reflection to describe and characterize their own long-term, cross-institutional mentoring relationship. They analyze artifacts from their mentoring experience; discuss benefits and challenges to mentoring in BPC; offer implications for mentees, mentors, and academic programs in creating formal mentoring plans; and suggest topics for further research.

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Business and Professional Communication Quarterly
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2020-03-01
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10.1177/2329490619885891
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