Pop, CarverSwanepoel, SoniaBarkhuizen, Nicolene2014-11-072014-11-072013Pop, C., Swanepoel, S., & Barkhuizen, N. (2013). The role of mentorship in the retention of graduate interns. Alternation, 8, 86-106.1023-1757http://hdl.handle.net/10628/501The objective of the research was to determine whether mentorship, as part of a graduate internship programme, contributed to the retention of graduate interns in a South African Information Communication and Technology (ICT) company. A Mentorship role survey and Retention survey were administered among a purposive selected sample of graduate interns (N=79) and mentors (N=39). Results showed that mentorship was statistically significantly related to the graduate intern’s intention to quit the graduate internship programme. Results further showed a practically significant relationship between the opportunity to apply mentorship skills and the mentor’s intention to employ the graduate intern upon completion of the programme.enMentorshipGraduate internsEmployabilityGraduate internship programmesWork Integrated LearningIntention to quitArticle