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Antecedents of mentoring: Do multi-faceted job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment matter?

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  • Hartmann, Nathaniel N.
  • Rutherford, Brian N.
  • Feinberg, Richard
  • Anderson, James G.

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This study examines the relationships between work attitudes, willingness to mentor and business-to-business salesperson mentoring support. Results provide evidence that individual directed organizational citizenship behavior (altruism) and willingness to mentor may not share as many antecedents as the literature conceptualizes. Willingness to mentor is a strong predictor of serving as a mentor and mentors most willing to mentor provide protégés with the greatest vocational, psychosocial and role modeling support. The findings raise concerns regarding the applicability of organizational citizenship behavior theory as a framework for understanding why employees mentor.

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  • Hartmann, Nathaniel N. & Rutherford, Brian N. & Feinberg, Richard & Anderson, James G., 2014. "Antecedents of mentoring: Do multi-faceted job satisfaction and affective organizational commitment matter?," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 67(9), pages 2039-2044.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:67:y:2014:i:9:p:2039-2044
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.10.006
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