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JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Complementary Mentor Motivations and Protégé Characteristics:
Determinants of Mentoring
Author(s): Kimberly A. Smith-Jentsch, Julia M. Fullick, Nicholas A. Bencaz
Citation: Kimberly A. Smith-Jentsch, Julia M. Fullick, Nicholas A. Bencaz, (2012) "Complementary Mentor Motivations and Protégé Characteristics: Determinants of Mentoring," Journal of Organizational Psychology, Vol. 12, Iss. 3/4, pp. 56 - 69
Article Type: Research paper
Publisher: North American Business Press
Abstract:
We investigated supervisors’ mentoring motivations as a moderator of the relationship between protégé
characteristics and mentoring experiences. Participants were employees of a marketing communications
company. Results indicated that protégé advancement potential was more positively associated with
psychosocial support from supervisors who were strongly motivated to mentor for intrinsic satisfaction.
Potential for advancement was less positively associated with career support provided by supervisors
who were motivated to mentor for the benefit of others. Protégé ingratiation was associated with greater
psychosocial support from supervisors strongly motivated to mentor for their own self-enhancement but
negatively related for those not strongly motivated by self-enhancement.
