Bonnie D Oglensky

Ambivalence in Mentorship (eBook, ePUB)

An Exploration of Emotional Complexities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ambivalence in Mentorship is based on research of scores of mentors and protégés in longstanding relationships representing a range of career fields. Using vivid case narratives, the book takes a nuanced look at the emotional complexities of their mentorships.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000939941
• Artikelnr.: 67843505

Autorenporträt

Bonnie D. Oglensky, Ph.D., is a psychoanalytically-oriented sociologist, professor, and Academic Director of the Sociology and Human Relations Programs at The City University of New York, School of Professional Studies (USA). Her commitment to exploring the socio-emotional complexities of professional life has led to research and publication of well-received books and articles including The Part Time Paradox: Time Norms., Professional Life, Family and Gender co-authored with C.F. Epstein, C. Seron, and R. Saute (Routledge). Prior to academia, Dr. Oglensky served on the executive team of Project Liberty-New York City's emergency mental health response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and practiced as a clinical social worker.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
About the Author
Preface
Chapter I: Bonds that Bind: Introduction to Ambivalence in Mentorship
Framing ambivalence
Mentorship stories
Outline of the book
Chapter 2: Defining the Elusive: Ambiguous Expectations in Mentorship
Mentoring craze
Imagos
The "M" word
Academic splitting
A working conception
Chapter 3: Walking on Water with Feet of Clay: Idealization in Mentorship
Perfection, omnipotence, magic
The ego ideal
Illusion, enactment, reality
Vulnerability
Defensive reactions
Case vignette: When idealization leads to a give-up response in the protégé
Recap
The fall
Relief
Context matters
Final thoughts
Chapter 4: A Sticky Subject: Loyalty in Mentorship
Parallel process
Asymmetrical reciprocity
Exclusivity by exclusion
Emotion, calculation, duty
Ritualized enactment
Emotion work
Huddling
Case vignette: Loyalty intensifies as mentor and protégé bond in opposition
to a third party
Final thoughts
Chapter 5: The Anxieties of Influence: Generativity in Mentorship
Influence
Generative objects
Internalization
Inhibitors
Identification
(Mis)identifications
Case vignettes: Generativity difficulties when a mentor over- or under-
identifies with a protégé
Control and agency
Generative enactments
Legitimacy
Legacy
Final thoughts
Chapter 6: For the Future of Mentorship
Crafted or produced
Anchoring
Limits and possibilities