The Effect of Mentor Intervention Style in Novice Entrepreneur Mentoring Relationships

Critical Evaluation:

This study was conducted by Dr. St-Jean and Dr. Audet in January 2011 to Determine if the intervention style of the mentor influenced the benefits that the mentee entrepreneur gained. The intervention style focused on in this specific study was the maieutic approach, which It's where the mentor asks carefully worded questions in order to guide the mentees to spark the solution via their own thinking. Throughout the paper, there are various charts, graphs, and tables that would be considered extremely complicated to the average human eye. Additionally, this resource is not very accessible to the general public, nor do I believe the general public would know to look for a paper as such. Overall this study concluded that there should be mutual engagement from both parties in the relationship. This result is similar to another resource within this annotated bibliography that also emphasizes the importance of mutual engagement between a mentor and mentee, as it promotes consistency and accountability. The more direct a mentor is, the less likely a mentee is to respond. The purpose and most beneficial way to engage in one of these relationships is to guide as opposed to direct.

St-Jean, E., & Audet, J. (2013). The Effect of Mentor Intervention Style in Novice Entrepreneur Mentoring Relationships. Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 21(1), 96–119. https://doi-org.cyrano.ucmo.edu/10.1080/13611267.2013.784061