@article{MAKHILLRJAS2013869308,
    title = {Developing an Informal Mentoring Relationship in Career
Advancement and Psychosocial of Young Graduate
Entrepreneurs for Human Resource Development},
    journal = {Research Journal of Applied Sciences},
    volume = {8},
    number = {6},
    pages = {321-329},
    year = {2013},
    issn = {1815-932x},
    doi = {rjasci.2013.321.329},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1815-932x&doi=rjasci.2013.321.329},
    author = {Norhasni Zainal},
    keywords = {graduates,agriculture,mentoring,informal mentor,mentor,mentee,Youth,entrepreneurs,human resource development},
    abstract = {Mentoring is a professional relationship or partnership between 
  a mentor who shares his professional experience with a mentee for the purpose 
  of empowering the mentee with similar business issues. This study examines the 
  roles of informal mentors on the young graduates who are the novices in managing 
  commercial agricultural projects. This is a qualitative study where respondents 
  are involved in in-depth interviews to explore information and to answer the 
  research questions. The respondents are five young graduates who are now successful 
  entrepreneurs in their own ventures of commercial agriculture. The data of the 
  interviews was analyzed manually to answer the research questions. This study 
  has indentified the primary functions of an informal mentor on career success 
  and psychosocial for Human Resource Development (HRD). HRD is a process of developing 
  and/or unleashing human expertise through organization development and personnel 
  training and development for the purpose of improving performance at the organization, 
  process and individual levels. It can be concluded that informal mentoring has 
  its significant influence on the entrepreneurs, particularly on the young graduates. 
  The major implication of this study are using informal mentoring support of 
  a selective basis can make a positive different to new firm formation, survival 
  and growth and the educating role of informal mentoring support can be exploited 
  to help young entrepreneurs to develop their own networks. Suggestions for improvements 
  in start-up mentoring program are discussed.}
    }