Quantity, Quality, and Satisfaction With Mentoring: What Matters Most? Academic Article

abstract

• According to Krams mentor role theory, satisfaction with mentoring and mentorship quality are key indicators of effective and successful mentoring. We contribute to mentoring research by demonstrating the relative importance of mentorship quantity, mentorship quality, and satisfaction with mentoring to the prediction of job satisfaction, affective commitment, and turnover intentions. Survey data from 472 faculty members revealed the importance of that satisfaction with mentoring in that it mediated the effect of mentorship quality on job satisfaction and turnover intentions, and it explained variance in three job attitudes above and beyond mentorship quantity and quality. Implications for organizational mentoring are discussed.

authors

• Payne, Stephanie

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT

altmetric score

• 2

author list (cited authors)

• Xu, X., & Payne, S. C.

citation count

• 23

complete list of authors

• Xu, Xiaohong||Payne, Stephanie C

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• SAGE Publications  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Career Development  Journal

keywords

• Affective Commitment
• Job Satisfaction
• Mentorship Quality
• Mentorship Quantity
• Satisfaction With Mentoring
• Turnover Intentions

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1177/0894845313515946

start page

• 507

end page

• 525

volume

• 41

issue

• 6

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894845313515946