Mentoring program and its impact on individuals’ advancement in the Malaysian context
The literature on workplace training highlights that the mentoring program is an important employee development method practiced in successful organizations. The ability of mentors either informally or formally to implement the mentoring program activities may lead to higher individuals’ psychosocia...
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| Tipo de documento: | Artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2099/8491 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2099/8491 |
| Nivel de acceso: | Acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Mentoring in business Formal mentoring Informal mentoring Career development Psychosocial support Malaysia Personal -- Formació Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses::Gestió i direcció::Recursos humans |
| Sumario: | The literature on workplace training highlights that the mentoring program is an important employee development method practiced in successful organizations. The ability of mentors either informally or formally to implement the mentoring program activities may lead to higher individuals’ psychosocial support and career development. The nature of this relationship is interesting, but the role of the mentoring program as a predicting variable of individuals’ advancement (psychosocial support & career development) has been given less attention in mentoring program models especially in the Malaysian organizational context. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the direct effect of a mentoring program on individuals’ advancement using a 153 usable questionnaire gathered from employees who have worked in a public university in East Malaysia. The outcomes of regression analysis showed four important findings: Firstly, formal mentoring positively and significantly correlated with individuals’ psychosocial support. Secondly, informal mentoring positively and significantly correlated with individuals’ career development. Thirdly, formal mentoring positively and significantly correlated with individuals’ career development. Fourthly, informal mentoring positively and significantly correlated with individuals’ psychosocial support. The results have empirically confirmed that properly implemented mentoring programs can lead to increased individuals’ advancement in the studied organization. In addition, implications and discussions are also elaborated |
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