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Variability in Women Faculty’s Preferences Regarding Mentor Similarity: A Multi-Institution Study in Academic Medicine

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Carapinha, René, Ortiz-Walters, Rowena, McCracken, Caitlin M., Hill, Emorcia V., Reede, Joan Y.·2016·Academic Medicine
DOI 10.1097/acm.0000000000001284PMC PMC4965308
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Purpose: To investigate which mentor-similarity characteristics women faculty in academic medicine rate most important and to determine whether this importance differs among women faculty on the basis of current and prior mentoring, demographic and personal factors, and career factors. Method: Cross-sectional survey data from 3,100 women faculty at 13 purposively sampled U.S. medical schools were collected in 2012. The preferences of participants regarding the importance of mentor similarity in terms of race/ethnicity, gender, personal and career interests, and department and institution were studied. Analysis entailed chi-square tests and multivariable ordered logistic models. Results: Overall, respondents ranked having a mentor in the same department and institution as most important. Same department and institution were less important for those without a current mentor and for senior faculty, and were more important for Asian faculty. Same career and personal interests were less important for older faculty and more important for those with a doctorate only. Same gender was more important for black faculty, faculty at the rank of instructor, and those without current mentoring. Overall, same race/ethnicity was rated least important; however, it was more important for racial–ethnic minorities, U.S.-born faculty, and those who had never had a mentor. Conclusions: Mentor preferences, as indicated by level of importance assigned to types of mentor similarity, varied among women faculty. To advance effective mentoring, characterized by good mentor–mentee fit, the authors provide recommendations on matching strategies to be used in academic medicine when considering the diverse mentor preferences of women faculty.

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Carapinha, R., Ortiz-Walters, R., McCracken, C. M., Hill, E. V., & Reede, J. Y.
Affiliations
  • Harvard University (US)
  • is dean, School of Business and Economics, and professor of management, SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, New York.
Corresponding author
Carapinha, René
ORCID
McCracken, Caitlin M.
Venue
Academic Medicine
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2016-08
Volume
91
Issue
8
Pages
1108-1118
ISSN
1040-2446 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1097/acm.0000000000001284
PMC
PMC4965308
OpenAlex
W2468556193
Cited by
77
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FWCI
13.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Academic Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R01HL101996)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (DP4GM096852)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
Keywords
women in academia, mentoring, gender, race and ethnicity, academic career development, medical schools
MeSH terms
Cross-Sectional Studies, Efficiency, Faculty, Medical, Female, Humans, Interprofessional Relations, Job Satisfaction, Mentors, Physicians, Women, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Medical

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