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An Examination of the Impact of Career‐Oriented Mentoring on Work Commitment Attitudes and Career Satisfaction Among Professional and Managerial Employees 1
Author(s) -
Aryee Samuel,
Chay Yue Wah
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8551.1994.tb00076.x
Subject(s) - psychology , job satisfaction , variance (accounting) , organizational commitment , test (biology) , scale (ratio) , work (physics) , career development , social psychology , outcome (game theory) , private sector , applied psychology , business , political science , mechanical engineering , paleontology , physics , accounting , quantum mechanics , engineering , biology , mathematics , mathematical economics , law
SUMMARY Data obtained from 164 proteges in managerial and professional positions in public and private sector organizations in Singapore were used to examine the impact of career‐oriented mentoring on three work commitment attitudes (career, organization and job) and career satisfaction. Factor analysis of the 15‐item career‐oriented mentoring scale (Ragins and McFarlin, 1990) revealed a five‐factor solution – coach, sponsor, protection, challenging assignments and exposure. These career‐oriented mentoring roles were differentially related to job involvement, organizational commitment and career satisfaction, and explained modest amounts of the variance in these outcome variables. T ‐test results indicated that mentored respondents (N = 164) reported significantly higher levels of the outcome variables than non‐mentored respondents (N = 225). Limitations of the study, directions for further research and implications of the findings are discussed.