Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Empirically Investigating Moderating Role of Longevity between Mentoring and Scholar-Guide Relationship Quality


Affiliations
1 Government Teacher, Education Department, Kalakote, Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir, India
2 PG Department of Commerce, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


The primary purpose of this study is to examine the role of longevity as a moderator between mentoring and scholar-guide relationship. Only one scholar from each guide (Dyadic relationship) has been selected from different universities in Jammu and Kashmir. The results proved that longevity moderates the relationship between mentoring and relationship quality. This study contributes to the literature by identifying the importance of longevity of relationship between guide and scholar in order to understand relationship between mentoring and relationship quality. Further, scale reliability, validity, research limitations, and implications have also been discussed.


Keywords

Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Longevity, Mentoring, Relationship Quality, Structural Equation Modeling.
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


  • Chahal, H., Jyoti, J., & Rani, A. (2016). Bundled effect of high performance human resource practices on business performance: Role of organizational learning. Global Business Review, 17(3(S)), 107S-132S.
  • Chin, W. W., Marcolin, B. L., & Newsted, P. N. (2003). A partial least squares latent variable modeling approach for measuring interaction effects: Results from a montecarlo simulation study and an electronic-mail emotion/ adoption study. Information Systems Research, 14(2), 189-217.
  • Christa, E. (2011). Mentoring, organizational rank, and women’s perceptions of advancement opportunities in the workplace. International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2(9), 162-170.
  • Gaskin, J. (2012). Imputing composite variables in AMOS YouTube. Retrieved from www.yotube.com/watch?v=dsos9tqjxw8 (assessed on 2 January 2015).
  • Grossman, J. B., Chan, C. S., Schwartz, S. E. O., & Rhodes, J. E. (2012). The test of time in school-based mentoring: The role of relationship duration and re-matching on academic outcomes. American Journal of Community Psychology, 49(1/2), 43-54.
  • Grossman, J. B., & Rhodes, J. E. (2002). The test of time: Predictors and effects of duration in youth mentoring relationships. American Journal of Community Psychology, 30(2), 199-219.
  • Hair, J. F., Black, W. C., Babin, B.J., Anderson, R. E., & Tatham, R. L. (2010). Multivariate data analysis (7th ed). New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River.
  • Herrera, C., Grossman, J. B., Kauh, T. J., Feldman, A. F., & McMaken, J. (2007). Making a difference in schools: The big brothers big sisters school-based mentoring impact study. Philadelphia, PA: Public/Private Ventures.
  • Jyoti, J., & Sharma, P. (2015a). Exploring the impact of mentoring structure and culture between mentoring functions on job satisfaction: A study of call centre employees. Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective, 19, 336-348.
  • Jyoti, J., & Sharma, P. (2015b). Impact of mentoring functions on career development: moderating role of mentoring culture and mentoring structure. Global Business Review, 16, 700-718.
  • Jyoti, J., & Sharma, P. (2017). Empirical investigation of a moderating and mediating variable in between mentoring and job performance: A structural model. Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 33(1), 55-67.
  • Karcher, M. J., Nakkula, M. J., & Harris, J. (2005). Developmental mentoring match characteristics: Correspondence between mentors and mentees assessment of relationship quality. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 26(2), 93-110.
  • Kram, K. E., & Hall, D. T. (1996). Mentoring in a context of diversity and turbulence. In E. Kossek & S. Lobel (Eds.), Managing diversity: Human resource strategies for transforming the workplace (pp. 108-136). Gambridge, MA: Blackwell.
  • Little, T. D., Card, N. A., Bovaird, J. A., Preacher, K. J., & Crandall, C. S. (2007). Structural equation modeling of mediation and moderation with contextual factors, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 207-230. Retrieved from https.//www. google.co.in/url (assessed on 23 January 2014).
  • Liu, Y., Jun, X. U., & Weitz, A. B. (2011). The role of emotional expression and mentoring in internship learning. Academy of Management Learning and Education, 10(1), 94-110.
  • Pan, W., Sun, L. Y., & Chow, I. H. S. (2011). The impact of supervisory mentoring on personal learning and career outcomes: The dual moderating effect of self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behaviour, 78(2), 264-273.
  • Ragins, B. R., Cotton, J. L., & Miller, J. S. (2000). Marginal mentoring: The effects of type of mentor, quality of relationship, and programme design on work and career attitudes. Academy of Management Journal, 43(2), 1177-1194.
  • Rhodes, J. E., Spencer, R., Keller, T. H., Liang, B., & Noam, G. (2006). A model for the influence of mentoring relationships on youth development. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(6), 691-707.
  • Rhodes, J., Reddy, R., Roffman, J., & Grossman, J. B. (2005). Promoting successful youth mentoring relationships: A preliminary screening questionnaire. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 26(2), 147-167.
  • Rodes, J. E., Schwartz, S. E. O., Willis, M. M., & Wu, M. B. (2014). Validating a mentoring relationship quality scale: Does match strength predict match length. Youth & Society, 22 (April), 1-23.
  • Scandura, T. A., & Ragins, B. R. (1993). The effects of sex and gender role orientation on mentorship in male dominated occupations. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 43(3), 251-265.

Abstract Views: 188

PDF Views: 2




  • Empirically Investigating Moderating Role of Longevity between Mentoring and Scholar-Guide Relationship Quality

Abstract Views: 188  |  PDF Views: 2

Authors

Poonam Sharma
Government Teacher, Education Department, Kalakote, Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Asha Rani
PG Department of Commerce, University of Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Abstract


The primary purpose of this study is to examine the role of longevity as a moderator between mentoring and scholar-guide relationship. Only one scholar from each guide (Dyadic relationship) has been selected from different universities in Jammu and Kashmir. The results proved that longevity moderates the relationship between mentoring and relationship quality. This study contributes to the literature by identifying the importance of longevity of relationship between guide and scholar in order to understand relationship between mentoring and relationship quality. Further, scale reliability, validity, research limitations, and implications have also been discussed.


Keywords


Confirmatory Factor Analysis, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Longevity, Mentoring, Relationship Quality, Structural Equation Modeling.

References