What Affects Willingness to Mentor in the Future? An Investigation of Attachment Styles and Mentoring Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Sheng; Noe, Raymond A.; Wang, Zhong-Ming; Greenberger, David B.
Titel	What Affects Willingness to Mentor in the Future? An Investigation of Attachment Styles and Mentoring Experiences
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74 (2009) 3, S.245-256 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2008.12.002
Schlagwörter	Mentors; Interaction; Foreign Countries; Anxiety; Attachment Behavior; Interpersonal Relationship; Influences; Business Administration; Administrative Principles; Staff Development; Employee Attitudes; Correlation; Industrial Psychology; Program Effectiveness; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interaktion; Ausland; Angst; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Business economics; Betriebswirtschaft; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Korrelation; Betriebspsychologie; Industriepsychologie
Abstract	This study examined the influence of attachment styles and mentoring experiences on willingness to mentor in the future in a formal mentoring program in China. For both mentors and proteges, avoidance and anxiety dimensions of attachment styles and their interaction had a significant influence on willingness to mentor in the future. Mentoring experiences explained unique variance in willingness to mentor beyond attachment styles. Crossover analysis of matched mentor-protege pairs showed that mentoring functions fully mediated the mentor avoidance--protege willingness to mentor relationship. The interaction between protege avoidance and anxiety was directly related to mentor willingness to mentor in the future. Directions for research and implications for managerial practice are provided. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10