Mentorship experiences of women leaders occupying senior positions at a South African university

These women and some of their mentors shared how mentorship prepared them for the senior positions they occupy. In that, the women leaders shared how they understand mentorship, how mentorship prepared them for their roles, why mentoship is important for women leaders, the challenges that relate to their mentorship and how they think mentorship for women can be done better. The mentors added to this by sharing their experinces and the role they played in the lives and career development of these women leaders. </p> <p>To ensure anonymity and confidentiality, the university, faculties sampled and participants were anonymised by using pseudonyms.

The university is refered to as Green University. The nine faculties sampled are referred to as Faculty A, B,C, D,E,F,G,H and I. The nine women leaders (WL) are referred to as WL1, WL2,WL3,WL4,WL5,WL6,WL7,WL8,WL9. The mentors (MT) are referred to as MT1, MT2, MT3, MT4,MT5. </p>