Antecedents of mentoring: Do multi-faceted job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment matter?

Nathaniel N. Hartmann, Brian N. Rutherford, Richard Feinberg and James G. Anderson

Journal of Business Research, 2014, vol. 67, issue 9, 2039-2044

Abstract: This study examines the relationships between work attitudes, willingness to mentor and business-to-business salesperson mentoring support. Results provide evidence that individual directed organizational citizenship behavior (altruism) and willingness to mentor may not share as many antecedents as the literature conceptualizes. Willingness to mentor is a strong predictor of serving as a mentor and mentors most willing to mentor provide protégés with the greatest vocational, psychosocial and role modeling support. The findings raise concerns regarding the applicability of organizational citizenship behavior theory as a framework for understanding why employees mentor.

Keywords: Salesperson; Mentoring; Willingness to mentor; Job satisfaction; Affective organizational commitment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.10.006

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