@inproceedings{c32607c729404ca7a7cd80e554d82cac,
title = "The many faces of mentoring in an MMORPG",
abstract = "Mentoring refers to the phenomenon where a more skilled or knowledgeable person helps a less skilled or less knowledgeable person gain skill in a particular domain. In this paper we study the phenomenon of mentoring in a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). We identify four different types of mentoring, which map to several important motivational features. We then measure the social networks of mentors at multiple levels, and propose a network model to describe the emergence and evolution of mentoring.",
keywords = "MMORGP, Mentoring, Mentoring networks, Social networks",
author = "Ahmad, {Muhammad Aurangzeb} and David Huffaker and Jing Wang and Jeff Treem and Dinesh Kumar and Poole, {Marshall Scott} and Jaideep Srivastava",
year = "2010",
doi = "10.1109/SocialCom.2010.45",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780769542119",
series = "Proceedings - SocialCom 2010: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT 2010: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust",
pages = "270--275",
booktitle = "Proceedings - SocialCom 2010",
note = "2nd IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom 2010, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust, PASSAT 2010 ; Conference date: 20-08-2010 Through 22-08-2010",
}