Worth the investment? An examination of the organisational outcomes of a formal structured mentoring program
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Fowler, Danielle S
O'Gorman, John G
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This study investigated the outcomes of a six‐month formal mentoring program on a sample of 194 white‐collar public sector employees. It focused on a clearly specified program, utilised a control group and a pretest‐posttest design, and examined the effects for both mentees and mentors. Significant increases in organisational commitment, perceived organisational support, job satisfaction, organisational citizenship behaviour, and willingness to mentor were found for those who participated in the program, and a significant reduction in intention to leave. The effect sizes were larger than average sizes reported in organisational mentoring literature, which is likely to have been due to a strong program intervention. The study supports the proposition that formal mentoring programs are beneficial to individuals and the organisations in which they work and that organisations would benefit from implementing similar programs to enhance their organisational effectiveness.
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Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
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© 2019 Australian Human Resources Institute. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Worth the investment? An examination of the organisational outcomes of a formal structured mentoring program, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/1744-7941.12252. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
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Workplace wellbeing and quality of working life
Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)
Human resources management
Human resources and industrial relations
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
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Industrial Relations & Labor
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Formal mentoring
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Fowler, JL; Fowler, DS; O'Gorman, JG, Worth the investment? An examination of the organisational outcomes of a formal structured mentoring program, Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2019