Good work & Good Mentoring
Good work
The Good Work Project was a series of collaborative studies pursued by teams at the QLRC, Harvard University, and Stanford University. In interview and survey studies, we investigated the nature and conditions of work that is “good” in three senses: ethical, excellent, and engaging. We have studied good work in higher education, business, and other occupations. Beginning with the Good Work Project, the QLRC has conducted research that brings together our interests in good work and lifespan development by focusing on mentoring at work.
good mentoring
Mentoring is widely recognized as an adult-developmental relationship that can positively influence people’s approach to their work and thus the impact of their work on the world and themselves. Less obvious is the potential of mentoring to impact positively the long-term health of the occupations in which it takes place by perpetuating a commitment to good work across generations. The Transmission of Excellence and Sources of Good Mentoring studies, conducted with funding from the Spencer Foundation, investigated whether and how good mentoring contributes to doing good work in the professions and other occupations. The studies looked across different kinds of work at the impact of mentoring on individuals’ orientations toward the work they do and the way that they mentor.
Funding from the Spencer Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, and others.