Mediating role of mentoring functions on linking personality and occupational commitment in Indian organizations |
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Authors: | Ridhi Arora |
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Affiliation: | 1. Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar (IIM Amritsar)ridhiia22@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4737-0637 |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACTThis study investigated the mediating effect of mentoring on the relationship between the Five Factor Model (FFM) Personality traits and occupational commitment (OC). The study used cross-sectional survey-based research design. Data were collected from 362 managers of public and private sector organizations located in North India. The results indicated that psychosocial mentoring acts as a partial mediator for facilitating the linkage between all the FFM traits and OC. Contrary to this, career mentoring was found to partially mediate the link between only conscientiousness-OC, agreeableness-OC and emotional stability-OC. No mediating effect of career mentoring was found for personality factors of openness and extraversion. HRD practitioners are encouraged to implement train-for-trainers’ sessions for raising awareness among senior managers/mentors about the importance of psychosocial mentoring functions. This study is unique, because it is among the few to appropriately capture the mediating role of mentoring functions vis a vis the personality and OC relationship. Further, it also enriches the existing body of research on workplace mentoring and careers, especially in the South-Asian context. |
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Keywords: | Career commitment mentoring occupation personality |
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