Which of the Following Has Been Identified as a Problem

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has been identified as a problem with mentoring?

• A) Women executives are reluctant to serve as mentors either to other women or to men because they themselves received little help.
• B) The proportion of racial and ethnic minorities holding senior management positions is low.
• C) The relationship between mentor and protégé is frequently marked by a "break-up" when the protege advances in the hierarchy.
• D) The most successful managers are too busy to be effective mentors, so junior managers are often mentored by less-talented senior managers.

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Definitions:

Opiate Of The Masses

A term coined by Karl Marx, referring to religion as the "opium of the people" intended to describe the effect of religion in dulling the pain of oppression among the working class by promising a better afterlife.

Equated

To consider one thing to be the same as or equivalent to another.

Church

An institution that brings together a moral community of believers in formal worship and integrates itself within the larger secular world.

Social Cohesion

The bonds and mutual trust that bring members of a society together, enabling them to cooperate and live harmoniously.