The Shadow of Negative Mentoring at the Workplace

Payal Kumar, I.S.F. Irudayaraj, M.G. Jomon and Manish Singhal
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Payal Kumar: Payal Kumar (corresponding author) is Doctoral Scholar at XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur, India and she is Professor and Senior Research Coordinator at Glocal University. E-mail: payalk1@gmail.com
I.S.F. Irudayaraj: I.S.F. Irudayaraj is Professor, Organizational Behaviour at XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur, India. E-mail: isfraj@xlri.ac.in
M.G. Jomon: M.G. Jomon is Professor, Organizational Behaviour at XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur, India. E-mail: joe@xlri.ac.in
Manish Singhal: Manish Singhal is Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour at XLRI, Circuit House Area (East), Jamshedpur, India. E-mail: Manishs@xlri.ac.in

Management and Labour Studies, 2013, vol. 38, issue 4, 357-371

Abstract: This study explores the mediating role of negative affect between three negative mentoring experiences of protégés: ( i ) a mentor–protégé mismatch within the dyad; ( ii ) the mentor’s distancing behaviour; and ( iii ) the mentor’s work-related attitude, and one outcome of negative mentoring, namely, decline of organizational citizenship behaviour for the protégé. Drawing on affective events theory, it is suggested that negative mentoring experiences for the protégé may have far-reaching implications for the protégé and for the organization too.

Keywords: Mentor; protégé; negative mentoring; organizational citizenship behaviour; negative affect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1177/0258042X13513134

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