Chapter 3 Promoting high-quality mentoring
Introduction
North Carolina State University has produced more generals and flag officers, outside of military service academies and corps of cadet programs (Ryals 2012), than any public or private university or college in the United States. Technology companies in Silicon Valley, named for the silicon chips that are made there, are the envy of the world. These companies attract more than their fair share of talented employees from the best universities in the world (Lev-Ram 2014). These are just two examples of what Zuckerman (1977) called “evocative environments.” Her study of Nobel Laureates highlighted a fact known by scientists and chief executive officers: Some ...
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