The Relationship of Career Mentoring to Early Career Outcomes

This study examines the relationship of career mentoring to the promotions, compensation and satisfaction of 148 early career managers and professionals in Belgium. The results support the conclusion that career mentoring is particularly related to early career promotion histories, to general work satisfaction and career satisfaction. Career mentoring was unrelated to total compensation. These results occurred even after controlling for a variety of factors identified by Pfeffer (1977) and Whitely et al. (1991). Several reasons are provided for the relationship between career mentoring and these early career outcomes. The results suggest a number of areas for future career mentoring research.

[1]  Thomas W. Dougherty,et al.  Generalizability of MBA degree and socioeconomic effects on business school graduates' salaries. , 1985 .

[2]  R. Turner.  Sponsored and Contest Mobility and the School System , 1960 .

[3]  Thomas W. Dougherty,et al.  RELATIONSHIP OF CAREER MENTORING AND SOCIOECONOMIC ORIGIN TO MANAGERS' AND PROFESSIONALS' EARLY CAREER PROGRESS , 1991 .

[4]  K. Weick.  The social psychology of organizing , 1969 .

[5]  D. Granick,et al.  The European Executive , 1962 .

[6]  J. V. Maanen,et al.  Toward a theory of organizational socialization , 1977 .

[7]  D. Super.  A life-span, life-space approach to career development , 1980 .

[8]  Thomas W. Harrell,et al.  THE PERSONALITY OF HIGH EARNING MBA'S IN BIG BUSINESS1 , 1969 .

[9]  C. Cooper,et al.  The Making of the British CEO: Childhood, Work Experience, Personality, and Management Style , 1989 .

[10]  David Marshall Hunt,et al.  Mentorship: A Career Training and Development Tool , 1984 .

[11]  Douglas T. Hall,et al.  An examination of Maslow's need hierarchy in an organizational setting , 1968 .

[12]  Peter Evans,et al.  Multiple Hierarchies and Organizational Control. , 1975 .

[13]  R. J. Campbell,et al.  Formative years in business: A long-term AT&T study of managerial lives , 1974 .

[14]  D. Mcclelland,et al.  Leadership motive pattern and long-term success in management. , 1982 .

[15]  Lynn A. Isabella,et al.  Mentoring Alternatives: The Role of Peer Relationships in Career Development , 1985 .

[16]  D. Bray,et al.  Managerial Lives in Transition: Advancing Age and Changing Times , 1988 .

[17]  Ronald A. Ash,et al.  A comparative study of mentoring among men and women in managerial, professional, and technical positions. , 1990 .

[18]  Phyllis M. Bartlow.  The Seasons of a Man’s Life , 1981 .

[19]  J. Pfeffer.  Toward an Examination of Stratification in Organizations. , 1977 .

[20]  Alan G. Weinstein,et al.  Predicting managerial success of Master of Business Administration (MBA) graduates. , 1974 .

[21]  Bernard M. Bass,et al.  Assessment of Managers: An International Comparison , 1979 .

[22]  K. Kram.  Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life , 1985 .

[23]  J. Child,et al.  Predictors of Variation in Managerial Roles , 1973 .

[24]  M. Shubik,et al.  A Behavioral Theory of the Firm. , 1964 .

[25]  B. E. Partridge,et al.  The Nature of Managerial Work , 1974 .

[26]  G. R. Roch.  Much ado about mentors. , 1979, Harvard business review.

[27]  C. H. Coates,et al.  Executives and Supervisors: Informal Factors in Differential Bureaucratic Promotion , 1957 .

[28]  J. Rosenbaum,et al.  Career Mobility in a Corporate Hierarchy. , 1986 .

[29]  W. Whitely,et al.  Managerial work behavior: an integration of results from two major approaches. , 1985, Academy of Management journal. Academy of Management.

[30]  G. Graen,et al.  Generalizability of the vertical dyad linkage model of leadership. , 1980 .

[31]  D. Turban,et al.  Supervisor-subordinate similarity: types, effects, and mechanisms. , 1988, The Journal of applied psychology.

[32]  Stephen A. Stumpf,et al.  Management Promotions: Individual and Organizational Factors Influencing the Decision Process , 1981 .

[33]  John B. Miner,et al.  Studies in management education , 1965 .

[34]  Shelby Stewman,et al.  Careers and Organizational Labor Markets: Demographic Models of Organizational Behavior , 1983, American Journal of Sociology.