Review of: Christine Kurmeyer: Mentoring. Weibliche Professionalität im Aufbruch. Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2012.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14766/1096

Keywords:

Beruf, Gleichstellung, Hochschule, Mentoring, Geschlecht, Gender

Abstract

Christine Kurmeyer’s social-psychological dissertation contributes to the exploration of the benefits of mentoring programs. Based on the example of a mentoring program for female graduates of natural and technical sciences who are transitioning into employment, she examines the inner structures and mechanisms of mentoring relationships using eight individual case analyses. However, due to considerable weaknesses in the presentation of the methodological approach, the findings can only insufficiently be applied to more general developments regarding the transformation of gender stereotypes and gender relations. Furthermore, due to her activities for the advancement of mentoring measures, the author occasionally lacks a critical distance to the subject matter, so that the new insights remain limited.

Author Biography

  • Heike Kahlert, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Institut für Soziologie, Lehrstuhlvertretung für Soziologie mit dem Schwerpunkt Soziale Entwicklungen und Strukturen

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2013-12-20

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