A Field Study of Factors Related to Supervisors' Willingness to Mentor Others
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1997
Keywords
Mentor, Experience, Protégé, Willingness
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1006/jvbe.1995.1525
Abstract
Factors thought to be related to intention to mentor and perceived barriers to mentoring (i.e., willingness to mentor) were examined among 607 state government supervisors. Previous experience as a mentor, previous experience as a protégé, education level, and quality of relationship with supervisor were related to willingness to mentor others. Additionally, age, locus of control, and upward striving were related to supervisors’ intention to mentor others, but not to their perceptions of barriers to mentoring others. Job-induced tension was related to perceived barriers to mentoring, but not to intention to mentor others. Implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are presented.
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Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Journal of Vocational Behavior, v. 50, issue 1, p. 1-22
Scholar Commons Citation
Allen, Tammy D.; Poteet, Mark L.; Russell, Joyce E.A.; and Dobbins, Gregory H., "A Field Study of Factors Related to Supervisors' Willingness to Mentor Others" (1997). Psychology Faculty Publications. 73.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/73
Comments
An earlier version of this article was presented at the Tenth Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, FL, May 1995.