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Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
Research Article | Published May 2022 | Volume 10, Issue 5, pp. 61-71.
 doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jerr_v10i5.22.121

 

Mentoring Older Workers through Vocational Counselling Program - The Newest Dimensions of Mentoring

 

 

 
Urea Ionela Roxana

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University of Bucharest, Special Education Department, Panduri Street No 90, Bucharest, Romania.

 

 

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 Citation: Roxana UI (2022). Mentoring Older Workers through Vocational Counselling Program - The Newest Dimensions of Mentoring. J. Edu. Res. Rev. 10(5): 61-71. doi: 10.33495/jerr_v10i5.22.121.
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 Abstract 

 

This study approaches a penetration into the basic or derived processes connected with the wish to analyse the effects of the mentorship’ vocational counselling program on Romanian older workers professional activities. There is a real spiral of criticisms regarding active implications of the older workers with a real community awareness. The analyses are focused on revealing the differences that are significant beyond the current information in the process of valorising the older workers potential using specific mentoring programs. In this study, mixed methods of research: Ryff’s Well Being Scale”, the “Self- esteem questionnaire”, directive interviews were used. The acquired mentoring skills during mentorship’ vocational counselling program: 1. shaped the attitudes and values that underlie the well-being and determines more efficient uses of the resources involved in labour activities. 2. diminished at older workers the gap between the current demands involved in job’ activities and their personal potential. 3. increase the communication between them and other persons coming from the same organizational group. 4. provide to older workers a new sense their professional career and personal life. 5. valorised the experience of the older workers. The conclusions that were found offer: a) A better understanding of the aging in context of valorising the older workers’ potential at work place; b) an approach mentoring as an opportunity for older workers to continue their career’ path. c) an approach mentoring as copying strategy that can be used by older workers for diminishing the gap between them and younger workers.

 

Keywords  Human resource management   mentoring   mentoring skills   older workers  

 professional activities   professional development

 

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