E-mentoring: The adoption process and innovation challenge
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چکیده
The innovative nature of e-mentoring along with its ongoing adoption process provided the reasons for conducting an innovation–adoption study on e-mentoring. A sample of 234 mentors that have been employed by Ergani Center, a well respected Greek mentoring organization, were asked to identify with the use of an online questionnaire the factors that influence the adoption of e-mentoring. Gender, age, personal innovativeness, relative advantage computer self-efficacy, problems and pressures from mentees emerged as predictors of the innovation process. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Int J. Information Management
دوره 33 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013