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Effects of mentoring on work engagement : Work meaningfulness as a mediator
| Title: | Effects of mentoring on work engagement : Work meaningfulness as a mediator |
| Authors: | Lin, Ligui Browse this author | | Cai, Xuejing Browse this author | | Yin, Jun Browse this author |
| Keywords: | career mentoring | | learning goal orientation | | work engagement | | work meaningfulness |
| Issue Date: | 20-Apr-2021 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
| Journal Title: | International Journal of Training and Development |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page: | 183 |
| End Page: | 199 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1111/ijtd.12210 |
| Abstract: | This study examined the relationship between career mentoring and work engagement from the mentor perspective, by estimating work meaningfulness as a mediator. The research model used quantitative survey data from 309 employees who mentored their junior colleagues in the on-the-job training programmes of Japanese companies. The results demonstrated that career mentoring had an indirect effect on the work engagement of mentors by enhancing the psychological meaningfulness of their work. In addition, learning goal orientation positively influenced career mentoring; this may subsequently facilitate the work engagement by increasing the perception of the meaning of work. Learning-oriented individuals who act as mentors find psychological meaningfulness in their work, which in turn enhances their work engagement. By setting acceptable meaningful goals for mentoring programmes, practitioners can minimize the negative outcomes of mentoring. The results contribute to the existing literature by examining how mentoring experiences affect the behaviour of mentors. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/89021 |
| Appears in Collections: | 経済学院・経済学研究院 (Graduate School of Economics and Business / Faculty of Economics and Business) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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