The Handbook of Mentoring at Work

Belle Rose Ragins is a Professor of Management at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her research focuses on mentoring and diversity in organizations and has been published in such journals as the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Management and Psychological Bulletin. She is co-editor of Exploring positive relationships at work: Building a theoretical and research foundation (with Jane Dutton) and co-author of Mentoring and diversity: An international perspective (with David Clutterbuck). She has served on the editorial review boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Personnel Psychology, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Group & Organizational Management, and the Journal of Applied Psychology. Dr. Ragins has received a number of national awards for her research, including the Academy of Management Mentoring Legacy Award, the Sage Life-Time Achievement Award for Scholarly Contributions to Management, the American Society for Training and Development Research Award, and the American Psychological Association Placek Award. She was awarded the first Visiting Research Fellowship at Catalyst and was Research Advisor for 9-to-5, the National Association of Working Women. She was also a founder and the Research Director of the UWM Institute for Diversity Education and Leadership (IDEAL). Dr. Ragins is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology, the Society for the Psychology of Women, the American Psychological Society, and the American Psychological Association. Her joys include morning runs along Lake Michigan with her adopted dogs, Wally and Greta, and exploring the American wilderness with her husband Erik.