TY - JOUR
T1 - Dealing with negative mentoring experiences
T2 - the roles of 'can-do' and 'reason-to' factors
AU - Kwan, HK
AU - Hu, Zhonghui
AU - Li, Jinsong
AU - Zhang, Yingying
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Academics and practitioners have long worked to reduce negative mentoring experiences. Drawing on social cognitive theory and expectancy–value theory, we examined the link between mentors' perceived organizational support and protégés' negative mentoring experiences, shedding light on the mediating effect of mentoring self-efficacy and the moderating effect of mentors' self-enhancement motives. Results based on data from 260 protégés and 214 mentors in Chinese organizations supported our proposed hypotheses. Mentoring self-efficacy mediated the negative relationship between mentors' perceived organizational support and protégés' negative mentoring experiences. In addition, mentors' self-enhancement motives intensified both the negative relationship between mentoring self-efficacy and negative mentoring experiences and the indirect impact of mentors' perceived organizational support on protégés' negative mentoring experiences via mentoring self-efficacy. A discussion of the theoretical and managerial implications of these findings is included.
AB - Academics and practitioners have long worked to reduce negative mentoring experiences. Drawing on social cognitive theory and expectancy–value theory, we examined the link between mentors' perceived organizational support and protégés' negative mentoring experiences, shedding light on the mediating effect of mentoring self-efficacy and the moderating effect of mentors' self-enhancement motives. Results based on data from 260 protégés and 214 mentors in Chinese organizations supported our proposed hypotheses. Mentoring self-efficacy mediated the negative relationship between mentors' perceived organizational support and protégés' negative mentoring experiences. In addition, mentors' self-enhancement motives intensified both the negative relationship between mentoring self-efficacy and negative mentoring experiences and the indirect impact of mentors' perceived organizational support on protégés' negative mentoring experiences via mentoring self-efficacy. A discussion of the theoretical and managerial implications of these findings is included.
KW - Mentor motives
KW - Mentoring
KW - Mentoring self-efficacy
KW - Negative mentoring experiences
KW - Perceived organizational support
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U2 - 10.1111/1744-7941.12387
DO - 10.1111/1744-7941.12387
M3 - Journal
SN - 1038-4111
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
ER -