TY - JOUR
T1 - A quantitative review of mentoring research
T2 - Test of a model
AU - Kammeyer-Mueller, John D.
AU - Judge, Timothy A.
PY - 2008/6/1
Y1 - 2008/6/1
N2 - Over the past 25 years, numerous researchers have studied the effects of mentoring on work outcomes. However, several reviewers have noted that many of the observed relationships between mentoring and its outcomes are potentially spurious. To summarize this widely dispersed literature, a quantitative research synthesis was conducted focused on estimating multivariate analytical paths between mentoring and several career outcomes, while holding constant correlates of mentoring including demographics, human capital, and core self-evaluations. The results demonstrate that mentoring does have substantial effects on job and career satisfaction after holding these covariates constant; yet factors such as core self-evaluations, tenure, and education have stronger effects on objective career outcomes. Potential future directions to enrich the study of mentoring and career success are described.
AB - Over the past 25 years, numerous researchers have studied the effects of mentoring on work outcomes. However, several reviewers have noted that many of the observed relationships between mentoring and its outcomes are potentially spurious. To summarize this widely dispersed literature, a quantitative research synthesis was conducted focused on estimating multivariate analytical paths between mentoring and several career outcomes, while holding constant correlates of mentoring including demographics, human capital, and core self-evaluations. The results demonstrate that mentoring does have substantial effects on job and career satisfaction after holding these covariates constant; yet factors such as core self-evaluations, tenure, and education have stronger effects on objective career outcomes. Potential future directions to enrich the study of mentoring and career success are described.
KW - Careers
KW - Core self-evaluations
KW - Mentor
KW - Meta-analysis
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.09.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.09.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:43449083512
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 72
SP - 269
EP - 283
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 3
ER -