TY - JOUR
T1 - Mentoring in supervisor-subordinate dyads
T2 - Antecedents, consequences, and test of a mediation model of mentorship
AU - Richard, Orlando C.
AU - Ismail, Kiran M.
AU - Bhuian, Shahid N.
AU - Taylor, Edward C.
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - We develop a framework to look at mentoring as a consequence of employees' values and beliefs, as well as to explore its role in determining the employees' attitudes towards their organizations. Based on social exchange theory, we hypothesize that employees' levels of individualism, collectivism, and trust in supervisor influence the level of supervisory mentoring received. Moreover, mentoring influences employees' affective commitment and intention to quit, as well as mediates the relationships between the proposed antecedents and outcomes. Using structural equation modeling to examine these relationships, we find that within supervisor-subordinate dyads, subordinates report more mentoring when they have collectivist personal values and trust their supervisor. Additionally, more mentoring is positively related to subordinates' affective commitment towards the organizations and negatively related to their intention to quit. We also find that mentoring mediate the relationship between both collectivism values and trust in supervisors and both organizational commitment and intention to quit.
AB - We develop a framework to look at mentoring as a consequence of employees' values and beliefs, as well as to explore its role in determining the employees' attitudes towards their organizations. Based on social exchange theory, we hypothesize that employees' levels of individualism, collectivism, and trust in supervisor influence the level of supervisory mentoring received. Moreover, mentoring influences employees' affective commitment and intention to quit, as well as mediates the relationships between the proposed antecedents and outcomes. Using structural equation modeling to examine these relationships, we find that within supervisor-subordinate dyads, subordinates report more mentoring when they have collectivist personal values and trust their supervisor. Additionally, more mentoring is positively related to subordinates' affective commitment towards the organizations and negatively related to their intention to quit. We also find that mentoring mediate the relationship between both collectivism values and trust in supervisors and both organizational commitment and intention to quit.
KW - Dyadic relationships
KW - Mentoring
KW - Organizational commitment
KW - Social exchange
KW - Trust
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.09.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.09.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:69749125551
SN - 0148-2963
VL - 62
SP - 1110
EP - 1118
JO - Journal of Business Research
JF - Journal of Business Research
IS - 11
ER -