MENTORING: A PROMISING STRATEGY FOR BUSINESS EDUCATORS’ DEVELOPMENT

Tega Phoebe Agbamu

Abstract


Mentoring has been identified as a crucial step in achieving career success. However, business educators are yet to recognize and harness the value of mentoring. Currently many institutions in Nigeria offering business education do not have formal mentoring programmes even though it is a strategy for business
educator’s development. Hence, this paper presents an overview of mentoring and how it can assist business educators to develop, improve their teaching skill and excel in their profession. It focuses on four stages of mentoring that build on one another to form a developmental sequence for the business educator
mentor and mentee. It was recommended that since mentoring can lead to career success the Association of Business Educators of Nigeria (ABEN) should start to consider modalities for including formal mentoring in the business education programme and recommend same to the National Universities Commission and other relevant bodies.

Keywords: Mentoring, Mentor, Mentee Business Educators, protégé.


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