… which women leaders in focus groups made distinc tions between mentoring and sponsorship…
Specifically, the authors address the following broad questions: Do women in leadership …

… of mentoring and sponsoring. Contrary to our hypothesis, female chairs’ experience with
sponsoring … The explicit goal of sponsorship is career advancement for the sponsored.6 Much of …

… sponsorship as a career development strategy to enhance the understanding of why women
… This paper explores and examines the differences between mentorship and sponsorship …

… to highlight the importance of sponsorship in the career advancement of women and how it
… the role of mentoring and sponsorship in the career development of women. The paper also …

… sponsorship is more important to career advancement. (Male protégé) One sponsor, describing
his own career … acknowledged that women likely experience sponsorship differently than …

… for building a mentoring program with … sponsors targeted toward the specific needs of
women midcareer faculty. A robust midcareer mentoring program can support the career growth …

… formal women’s network affect members’ career advancement and the success of their
sponsoring … Alternatively, psycho-social mentoring provided by women mentors in this study was …

… development of more female-to-female mentorship programs. The result of increased
female-to-female mentorship … Women fail to develop their corporate sponsors and business social …

… career advancement and one area where women still lag behind men due to a lack of career
enhancing networks and high‐status mentors. … women benefit from coaching or mentoring …

… talents and competence, recommending him or her for career advancement. All facets of …
mentors do sponsor women so as to enhance their leadership advancement but sponsorship …