The benefits of the mentoring relationship for protégés have been a primary focus in the mentorin... more The benefits of the mentoring relationship for protégés have been a primary focus in the mentoring literature. Researchers have recently begun to examine how mentoring can benefit the mentor. The purpose of the present study is to examine whether direct report-ratings of a manager’s career-related mentoring behaviors are related to boss-ratings of that manager’s performance. In addition, this study assesses whether the cultural background of the manager moderates the career-related mentoring–performance relationship via multilevel methodology. Results reveal that managers who are rated by their direct reports as engaging in career-related mentoring behaviors are perceived as better performers by their bosses. Moreover, the GLOBE societal culture dimension of Performance Orientation was a significant cross-level moderator of the career-related mentoring–performance relationship. Implications for the practice of mentoring in cross-cultural contexts across multiple disciplines are disc...
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 2013
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate whether generations differ in level of work... more ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate whether generations differ in level of work motivation and whether differences in work motivation are better explained by managerial level than by generation. Data were collected from 3,440 working participants by using an online survey. Results indicate that managerial level better explains work motivation than does generation. Although Gen Xers, Late Boomers, and Early Boomers did differ in external and introjected work motivation, there was substantially more variance in work motivation explained by managerial level. Individuals at lower managerial levels had higher levels of external motivation than did those at higher managerial levels, whereas individuals at higher managerial levels had higher levels of intrinsic, identified, and introjected motivation. Understanding that work motivation appears to be more related to managerial level than it is to generation advances our knowledge of both generational differences and motivation at work. This knowledge assists practitioners by providing evidence that organizations should look to factors of level more than generation when acting to understand and improve employee motivation. Our study shows that in the current managerial working population work motivation is related to managerial level more than it is to generation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)
... William A. Gentry a , Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Aut... more ... William A. Gentry a , Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Author , Todd J. Weber b and Golnaz Sadri c. ... b University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Gallup Leadership Institute, 114 College of Business Administration, Lincoln, NE 68588-0497, USA. ...
The benefits of the mentoring relationship for protégés have been a primary focus in the mentorin... more The benefits of the mentoring relationship for protégés have been a primary focus in the mentoring literature. Researchers have recently begun to examine how mentoring can benefit the mentor. The purpose of the present study is to examine whether direct report-ratings of a manager’s career-related mentoring behaviors are related to boss-ratings of that manager’s performance. In addition, this study assesses whether the cultural background of the manager moderates the career-related mentoring–performance relationship via multilevel methodology. Results reveal that managers who are rated by their direct reports as engaging in career-related mentoring behaviors are perceived as better performers by their bosses. Moreover, the GLOBE societal culture dimension of Performance Orientation was a significant cross-level moderator of the career-related mentoring–performance relationship. Implications for the practice of mentoring in cross-cultural contexts across multiple disciplines are disc...
Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 2013
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate whether generations differ in level of work... more ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate whether generations differ in level of work motivation and whether differences in work motivation are better explained by managerial level than by generation. Data were collected from 3,440 working participants by using an online survey. Results indicate that managerial level better explains work motivation than does generation. Although Gen Xers, Late Boomers, and Early Boomers did differ in external and introjected work motivation, there was substantially more variance in work motivation explained by managerial level. Individuals at lower managerial levels had higher levels of external motivation than did those at higher managerial levels, whereas individuals at higher managerial levels had higher levels of intrinsic, identified, and introjected motivation. Understanding that work motivation appears to be more related to managerial level than it is to generation advances our knowledge of both generational differences and motivation at work. This knowledge assists practitioners by providing evidence that organizations should look to factors of level more than generation when acting to understand and improve employee motivation. Our study shows that in the current managerial working population work motivation is related to managerial level more than it is to generation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2013 APA, all rights reserved)
... William A. Gentry a , Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Aut... more ... William A. Gentry a , Corresponding Author Contact Information , E-mail The Corresponding Author , Todd J. Weber b and Golnaz Sadri c. ... b University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Gallup Leadership Institute, 114 College of Business Administration, Lincoln, NE 68588-0497, USA. ...
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