Career mentoring and wellbeing
A recent study suggests that receiving mentoring isn't just good for your work-life balance, it's also good for your health. Researchers found that those who work in firms with stronger career (1) ________ are less likely to develop serious illnesses. Specifically, those working in companies with double the average mentoring (2) ________ had a twenty percent better chance of avoiding prolonged stress. The researchers (3) ________ into account factors such as working hours, previous job satisfaction and educational level. (4) ________, they could be confident that the lower occurrences of stress were not simply due to a calmer or more (5) ________ upbringing. The results seem to (6) ________ earlier studies showing that people who win access to professional support, such as coaching or regular mentoring during their employment, tend to stay healthier than colleagues who lack it. As the author of the report says, 'When our findings are put together with the large body of other (7) ________ literature, there is little (8) ________ that receiving regular career support at work is good for the health.'