title: Culture, context, and innovation: a Kiwi Canuck perspective.
abstract: This commentary lends a global practitioner perspective on the utility of this volume to the efforts of mentors and mentees and mentoring program developers. Dave Marshall and Karen Shaver, of Big Brothers Big Sisters New Zealand and Canada, respectively, offer keen insights into the value of creating a shared language for discussing mentoring relationship development, while at the same time acknowledging the specific impact that cultural differences play in helping to shape mentoring processes.
authors.affiliation: Big Brothers Big Sisters of New Zealand.
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shaver
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology*; D009520:New Zealand; D016730:Program Development; D009626:Terminology as Topic