I’m Only Human: A New E-road to Advancing Social Equity Through a Humanist Approach to Mentoring in Public Service

This research reviews how mentoring has manifested in public service and how it can evolve to be better positioned to address key diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives. This work inventories the current understanding of public sector mentoring, highlighting the contrast between the classical m...

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Published inReview of public personnel administration Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 239 - 259
Main Authors Neal, Sue M., Kline, Angela, Olejarski, Amanda M., Gherardi, Michelle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.06.2023
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects
Fairness
Functionalism
Mentoring
Public sector
mentoring
humanist
gender equity
e-mentoring
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Summary:This research reviews how mentoring has manifested in public service and how it can evolve to be better positioned to address key diversity, equity, and inclusion objectives. This work inventories the current understanding of public sector mentoring, highlighting the contrast between the classical mentoring approach of functionalism with the emerging humanist approach. Barriers to implementing meaningful humanist mentoring are reviewed, and e-mentoring is presented as a modality well situated to overcome these obstacles. The humanist e-mentoring model provides a process and modality to advance social equity by removing existing barriers to opportunities. Finally, best practices and outcomes for successfully implementing e-mentoring humanist and relationships in public service are presented and an updated model of critical outcomes is advanced. A brief agenda for future scholarship on this topic is presented.
ISSN:0734-371X
1552-759X
DOI:10.1177/0734371X211058180