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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
The Role of Attachment and Mentoring in Junior Faculty’s Job Satisfaction
Author(s): Rimjhim Banerjee-Batist
Citation: Rimjhim Banerjee-Batist, (2014) "The Role of Attachment and Mentoring in Junior Faculty’s Job Satisfaction," American Journal of Management, Vol. 14, Iss. 1-2, pp. 11 - 22
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
Some researchers would argue that attachment styles are immutable traits whereas other researchers
would be proponents of the suggestion that mentoring may actually buffer the negative impact of
attachment insecurity. Although logical arguments support these assertions, empirical studies have
hardly examined the possible role of attachment styles in the giving and receiving of the two broad
mentoring functions - career support and psychosocial support, and its relation to job satisfaction The
present study used data from a survey of 125 faculty protégés to link faculty job satisfaction with
attachment styles and mentoring. While securely attached faculty protégés were found to have higher job
satisfaction, high degree mentoring also was found to be positively related to increased job satisfaction.
Finally, secure attachment and mentoring predicted unique variance in job satisfaction. The field of
faculty mentoring research as well as practitioners in higher education developing faculty mentoring
programs can use this information.
