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This study explores mentoring in an organization with a largely flat structure, consisting of Gen Y employees. In-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted on both mentors and protégées in a start-up company consisting of about 300 employees, which is in aggressive growth-mode. This study suggests that Gen Y has high expectations of mentoring as a process, and greater willingness to try new mentoring models consisting of multiple mentors. Demographic factors such as caste affiliations were seen to be a hindrance to mentoring.
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Kumar, P., Kumar, S. (2018). Mentoring in a Start-up Company with Millennial Recruits. In: Kumar, P. (eds) Exploring Dynamic Mentoring Models in India. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56405-0_3
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