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A longitudinal study of mentor and protégé outcomes in formal mentoring relationships

  1. Jae Uk Chun1,*,
  2. John J. Sosik2,
  3. Nam Yi Yun3

Article first published online: 13 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/job.1781

Issue

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volume 33, Issue 8, pages 1071–1094, November 2012

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Chun, J. U., Sosik, J. J. and Yun, N. Y. (2012), A longitudinal study of mentor and protégé outcomes in formal mentoring relationships. J. Organiz. Behav., 33: 1071–1094. doi: 10.1002/job.1781

Author Information

  1. 1

    Korea University Business School, Korea University, Seoul, Korea

  2. 2

    School of Graduate Professional Studies, The Pennsylvania State University, Malvern, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

  3. 3

    Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

*Jae Uk Chun, Korea University Business School, Korea University, Anam-Dong, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul, 136-701, Korea. E-mail: juchun@korea.ac.kr

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 9 OCT 2012
  2. Article first published online: 13 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 23 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Revised: 19 NOV 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 27 JAN 2011

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Keywords:

  • formal mentoring;
  • mentor benefits;
  • transformational leadership development;
  • affective well-being;
  • organizational commitment

Summary

This study examined relationships between mentoring functions offered and transformational leadership as a mentor outcome and affective well-being and organizational commitment as mutual outcomes for both mentors and protégés. For this examination, we conducted a longitudinal field study by using 111 matched reports from both mentors and protégés collected at three different points in time over seven months in nine Korean companies that administered a standardized formal mentoring program. Study results showed that mentoring functions assessed at Time 2 were positively associated with mentors' and protégés' post-mentoring outcomes at Time 3 after controlling for pre-mentoring initial levels of those outcomes at Time 1. Study findings also revealed that relative effects of mentoring on the mentor and protégé outcomes differed by the types of mentoring functions. We discuss the theoretical, practical, and methodological implications from these results. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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