Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé

The development of entrepreneurial skills within the education system increases the possibility of producing more entrepreneurs in future. Many economists now believe that entrepreneurship plays an important role in economic growth of a country. Entrepreneurial education can be used as a mediation...

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Main Authors: Memon, Jamshed, Abd Rozan, Zaidi, Uddin, Mueen, Shah, Asadullah
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Language:English
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spelling iium-316682015-08-04T01:32:48Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31668/ Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé Memon, Jamshed Abd Rozan, Zaidi Uddin, Mueen Shah, Asadullah H61.8 Communication of information HB501 Capital. Capitalism HF5001 Business. Business Administration The development of entrepreneurial skills within the education system increases the possibility of producing more entrepreneurs in future. Many economists now believe that entrepreneurship plays an important role in economic growth of a country. Entrepreneurial education can be used as a mediation tool for impacting attitude of people towards entrepreneurship.A Mentor plays an important role in entrepreneurial development of an individual. It is a mentor who guide entrepreneur from conception of business to product development and business growth, but in order to provide mentoring a mentor need to have certain qualities and a proven track record. Select the right mentor is most important because a mentor who is incompatible with entrepreneur’s personality or requirement may cost entrepreneur the whole business. This research puts a light on subjective and objective qualities a mentor should possess and will provide a guideline to protégé regarding selection of appropriate mentor. IDOSI Publication 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31668/1/Selecting_a_Mentor_Guide_for_a_Prot%C3%A9g%C3%A9.pdf Memon, Jamshed and Abd Rozan, Zaidi and Uddin, Mueen and Shah, Asadullah (2013) Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé. World Applied Sciences Journal , 24 (6). pp. 732-738. ISSN 1818-4952 http://www.wasj.org/ DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2013.24.06.1106
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topic H61.8 Communication of information
HB501 Capital. Capitalism
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
spellingShingle H61.8 Communication of information
HB501 Capital. Capitalism
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
Memon, Jamshed
Abd Rozan, Zaidi
Uddin, Mueen
Shah, Asadullah
Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé
description The development of entrepreneurial skills within the education system increases the possibility of producing more entrepreneurs in future. Many economists now believe that entrepreneurship plays an important role in economic growth of a country. Entrepreneurial education can be used as a mediation tool for impacting attitude of people towards entrepreneurship.A Mentor plays an important role in entrepreneurial development of an individual. It is a mentor who guide entrepreneur from conception of business to product development and business growth, but in order to provide mentoring a mentor need to have certain qualities and a proven track record. Select the right mentor is most important because a mentor who is incompatible with entrepreneur’s personality or requirement may cost entrepreneur the whole business. This research puts a light on subjective and objective qualities a mentor should possess and will provide a guideline to protégé regarding selection of appropriate mentor.
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author Memon, Jamshed
Abd Rozan, Zaidi
Uddin, Mueen
Shah, Asadullah
author_facet Memon, Jamshed
Abd Rozan, Zaidi
Uddin, Mueen
Shah, Asadullah
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title Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé
title_short Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé
title_full Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé
title_fullStr Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé
title_full_unstemmed Selecting a mentor: guide for a Protégé
title_sort selecting a mentor: guide for a protégé
publisher IDOSI Publication
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/31668/
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