Mentorship behaviors and mentorship quality associated with formal mentoring programs: Closing the gap between research and practice

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Allen, Tammy D.; Eby, Lillian T.; Lentz, Elizabeth
• 署名单位: State University System of Florida; University of South Florida; University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.3.567
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 567-578
• 关键词: formal mentoring; mentoring relationships; mentors; PROTEGES

摘要

Formal mentoring programs continue to gain popularity within organizations despite limited empirical research regarding how these programs should be designed to achieve maximum effectiveness. The present study examined perceived design features of formal mentoring programs and outcomes from both mentor and protege perspectives. The outcomes examined were career and psychosocial mentoring, role modeling, and mentorship quality. In general, the results indicated that perceived input into the mentoring process and training perceived as high in quality were consistently related to the outcome variables. Implications for the design of formal mentoring programs and future theory development are discussed.