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How Mentoring Can Impact Women’s Use of Voice

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While we are beginning to gain an understanding of the predictors of voicing (Morrison, 2011), there remains a need to understand what can impact the use of voice. While the targets and tactics of voicing are believed to impact the effectiveness of a person’s use of voice, there remains a gap in the literature regarding this (Morrison, 2011). We focus on the role of mentoring on targets and tactics.

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Whitehead, L., Falkenberg, J. (2015). How Mentoring Can Impact Women’s Use of Voice. In: Syna, H.D., Costea, CE. (eds) Women’s Voices in Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137432155_7

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