A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MENTORSHIP BASED ON THE CONCEPTS OF PIERRE BOURDIEU
This article presents a sociological analysis of the mentorship process in a university context. The first section addresses the complexity of the role of a university professor and the difficulty of recruiting mentors. After defining the concepts used, the reflection is structured around the definition of Gagnon (2017) and suggests four steps to the mentorship process: 1) the socialization to a new field, 2) the adjustment of the habitus, 3) the attainment of a practical mastering of practice, and 4) the transformation of the agent towards the subject. The analysis suggests that the adoption of criteria required to become a mentor and the institutional recognition of the work of mentors can contribute to a successful mentorship process.