Journal 4 : The effect of entrepreneur mentoring and its determinants in the Chinese context

The effect of entrepreneur mentoring and its determinants in the Chinese context

Song Xiao Ting, Liu Feng and Wang Qin

The purpose of this research is to build a conceptual framework and use empirical analysis to explore the mentoring effect and its determinants, especially in the Chinese context . The data were collected from 172 young entrepreneurs which had been supported by Youth Business China, Mianyang Office since 2008.

Based on the dynamic process of entrepreneurial mentoring, the key factors can be divided into three categories which are;

•            mentor quality,
•            mentoring ability
•            mentoring intention

The variables related to the mentee’s factors include;

•            mentee’s trait
•            learning intention
•            absorption capability

Variable of mentoring interaction is composed of;

• how much they match each other 
• the efficiency they contact each other 
• the level of their intimacy

The influence of various factors on the mentoring effect give effect on experience level and  utility level.

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