Employability and Job Performance as Links in the Relationship Between Mentoring Receipt and Career Success: A Study in SMEs

Nikos Bozionelos (), Konstantinos Kostopoulos, Beatrice van der Heijden, Denise Rousseau, Giorgos Bozionelos, Thomas Hoyland, Rentao Miao, Izabela Marzec, Piotr Jędrzejowicz, Olga Epitropaki, Aslaug Mikkelsen, Dora Scholarios and Claudia van der Heijde
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Nikos Bozionelos: Audencia Business School
Konstantinos Kostopoulos: University of Piraeus
Beatrice van der Heijden: Radboud University [Nijmegen], Open Universiteit Nederland [Heerlen], University of Twente
Denise Rousseau: CMU - Carnegie Mellon University [Pittsburgh]
Giorgos Bozionelos: General Hospital of Katerini - General Hospital of Katerini
Thomas Hoyland: University of Hull [United Kingdom]
Rentao Miao: CUEB - Capital University of Economics and Business
Izabela Marzec: University of Economics in Katowice
Piotr Jędrzejowicz: Gdynia Maritime University
Olga Epitropaki: ALBA Graduate Business School [Athens, Greece]
Aslaug Mikkelsen: University of Stavanger
Dora Scholarios: University of Strathclyde [Glasgow]
Claudia van der Heijde: UvA - University of Amsterdam [Amsterdam] = Universiteit van Amsterdam

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Abstract: This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as intervening variables in the relationship between receipt of mentoring and career success. Participants were 207 information technology (IT) professionals employed in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in three European countries. Mentoring receipt was related to both employability and job performance. Employability mediated the relationship of mentoring receipt with objective and subjective career success, as well as its relationship with job performance. The findings indicate that receipt of mentoring is connected to job performance, a link that has hitherto lacked empirical evidence. In addition, they suggest a pivotal role for employability in the relationship of mentoring receipt with job performance and career success. Overall, this study helps unveil the mechanism through which mentoring affects career outcomes. Moreover, it shows that the benefits of mentoring hold outside the context of large corporations.

Keywords: career success; mediation; SMEs; IT professionals; non-Anglo-Saxon; mentoring receipt; employability; job performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-04-01
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Published in Group and Organization Management, 2016, 41 (2), 135-171 p. ⟨10.1177/1059601115617086⟩

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DOI: 10.1177/1059601115617086

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