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The role of mentoring in promoting organizational commitment among black managers: An evaluation of the indirect effects of racial similarity and shared racial perspectives

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  • Brown, Brian P.
  • Zablah, Alex R.
  • Bellenger, Danny N.

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Due to the effort and expense of recruiting black managers, there is a need to maximize the chances of retaining those that are most productive. Effective mentoring may be one avenue to reach this objective by enhancing job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Using the responses of 139 members of the National Black MBA Association (MBMBAA), this study explored the indirect or mediated effects of demographic (i.e. white mentors-black protégés vs. black mentors-black protégés) and attitudinal (i.e. perceived complementary racial perspectives) similarity on the affective commitment of black managers. The results suggest that attitudinal similarity is a more critical factor than demographic similarity in enhancing mentoring-driven affective commitment among black managers. In addition, the results reveal that in certain circumstances demographic similarity can actually have an adverse impact on the career benefits realized from mentoring relationships.

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  • Brown, Brian P. & Zablah, Alex R. & Bellenger, Danny N., 2008. "The role of mentoring in promoting organizational commitment among black managers: An evaluation of the indirect effects of racial similarity and shared racial perspectives," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 61(7), pages 732-738, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:61:y:2008:i:7:p:732-738
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    1. Ramaswami, Aarti & Huang, Jia-Chi & Dreher, George F., 2014. "Mentoring across cultures: The role of gender and marital status in Taiwan and the U.S," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 67(12), pages 2542-2549.
    2. Kwan, Ho Kwong & Liu, Jun & Yim, Frederick Hong-kit, 2011. "Effects of mentoring functions on receivers' organizational citizenship behavior in a Chinese context: A two-study investigation," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 64(4), pages 363-370, April.
    3. Briggs, Elten & Jaramillo, Fernando & Weeks, William A., 2012. "Perceived barriers to career advancement and organizational commitment in sales," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 65(7), pages 937-943.
    4. Hong Zhang & Kaiyuan Chen & Changkai Chen & Rebecca Schlegel, 2019. "Personal Aspirations, Person-Environment Fit, Meaning in Work, and Meaning in Life: A Moderated Mediation Model," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 20(5), pages 1481-1497, June.

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