Open AccessA Normative Instrument For Assessing The Mentoring Role
Author(s) -
Karen Janse van Rensburg,
Gert Roodt
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
sa journal of human resource management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.188
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2071-078X
pISSN - 1683-7584
DOI - 10.4102/sajhrm.v3i3.69
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , normative , sampling frame , scale (ratio) , psychology , context (archaeology) , sample (material) , applied psychology , survey instrument , frame (networking) , social psychology , psychometrics , clinical psychology , sociology , computer science , political science , geography , demography , population , telecommunications , chemistry , cartography , archaeology , chromatography , law
The objective of this study is to develop a normative instrument for assessing the mentoring role in the South African context. The sampling frame for the study constituted the 1200 employees of a division of a large transport organisation. A convenience sample including all 1200 employees yielded 637 fully completed records (a 53% response rate). First and second level factor analyses, followed by an iterative item analysis on the scale of 26 items, yielded a seemingly robust scale with a Cronbach alpha of 0,97. The psychometric properties of the scale are further discussed