The Role of Mentor Trust and Protege Internal Locus of Control in Formal Mentoring Relationships

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wang, Sheng; Tomlinson, Edward C.; Noe, Raymond A.
• 署名单位: Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE); University of Nevada Las Vegas; University System of Ohio; John Carroll University; University System of Ohio; Ohio State University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0017663
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 358-367
• 关键词: formal mentoring; mentoring relationships; trust; Locus of control; CHINA

摘要

This study examined the relationship between mentor trust, prot g internal locus of control, and the mentoring functions reported by proteges. The matched mentor protege sample came from a formal mentoring program in China. We found a positive relationship between proteges' internal locus of control and the extent of mentoring functions they reported receiving. Mentors' affect-based trust was positively related to the extent of mentoring functions proteges reported receiving regardless of their internal locus of control. However, mentors' cognition-based trust was positively related to proteges' report of the extent of mentoring functions only for proteges who were lower in internal locus of control. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.