| Abstract: | Mentoring is a rapidly growing area covering the fields of education, business and community. At a fundamental level, mentoring provides individuals with a relationship which builds from a foundation of friendship. This paper looks at the possible role of ‘friendship’ in formal mentoring systems. It analyses the elements and components of friendship and offers a model of ‘professional friendship’ within the formal mentoring context. The model represents what a. mentoring relationship might be at a generic level and the paper argues for a model of ‘professional friendship’ to be integral to quality mentoring. |
