Review of previous findings

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Review of previous findings

• National Sample 750 Hispanic Business
  Professionals
• 84 with MBA degree, remainder working toward MBA
• Those with a mentor did better than those without
  a mentor
• salary
• job satisfaction
• perceived discrimination
• less likely to leave their employer

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Mentoring

• A mentor is an individual with advanced
  experience, skills and knowledge who is committed
  to providing upward mobility and support to a
  protégé

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Types of mentoring

• Psychosocial Support
• Acceptance
• Confirmation
• Counseling
• Friendship
• Role modeling

• Career Development
• Sponsoring
• Coaching
• Protecting
• Challenging Assignments
• Exposure

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Ethnicity of mentor matters

• Mentors were either white, non-Hispanic or
  Hispanic
• Those with white, non-Hispanic mentors had higher
  salaries, perceived less discrimination, and were
  less likely to leave their organizations

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Perceived Discrimination
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Current Salary
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Intentions to Leave the Organization
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Hispanic Mentors

• Interview data supports that many Hispanic
  mentors are skilled at mentoring
• However, many Hispanics lack influence and
  visibility within their organizations

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Mentoring experiences
Potential mentors dont notice me.
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Mentoring experiences
Potential mentors are unwilling to develop a
relationship with me because of my ethnicity.
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Mentors

• Want to align themselves with protégés who will
  be successful
• Are often, in part, evaluated on the success of
  their protégé
• Are aware of climate of inclusivity within their
  organization

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Networking

• A set of relationships that assist in effectively
  and efficiently completing ones tasks and in
  advancing ones career.

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Similarity

• Majority of people create networks comprised of
  people who are like them
• Similarity can take many forms

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Dimensions of networks

• Size
• Diversity
• Race, ethnicity, gender, age, level, function,
  affiliations
• Density who knows who?

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Network
YOU
Higher Level Peer Lower level
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Dense network
Does this look familiar?
YOU
Higher Level Peer Lower level
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Dense networks

• Good or bad?

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Dense network
Higher Level Peer Lower level
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Hispanics .

• Larger overall networks
• More very close people within network
• Slightly higher proportion of same ethnicity in
  particular among those who are very close
• Higher number of senior people
• Denser networks overall

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Latinas

• In general have more diverse networks
  gender/ethnicity than Latino men
• In general, women Latinas or not have more
  gender diversity than men

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Importance of networks

• If your network is similar to you and you are
  Hispanic perhaps you dont have the most
  influential network
• Diverse networks are best for all people, but
  especially for Hispanics and other minority groups

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Benefits

• Individuals
• Hispanic affinity groups
• Organizations
• Increase sphere of influence