Mentorship Behaviors and Mentorship Quality Associated With Formal Mentoring Programs: Closing the Gap Between Research and Practice

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 men...

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Published in:Journal of applied psychology 2006-05, Vol.91 (3), p.567-578
Main Authors: Allen, Tammy D, Eby, Lillian T, Lentz, Elizabeth
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Applied psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Employee Attitudes
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Human
Humans
Interpersonal relations
Interpersonal Relationships
Male
Management techniques
Mentor
Mentoring
Mentoring programs
Mentors
Occupational Guidance
Occupational psychology
Organization and management. Professional relation
Program Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Psychosocial factors
Psychosociology
Quality
Quality assessment
Relationship Quality
Role Models
Sociology of work
Studies
Training
Work place
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Summary: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 protégé 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.
ISSN:0021-9010
1939-1854
DOI:10.1037/0021-9010.91.3.567