Correlates and Consequences of Protege Mentoring in a Large Hospital
基于635名医院员工数据，研究发现组织因素比个人因素更能解释指导关系差异，指导关系与工作满意度正相关、与工作疏离感负相关。
Using a statistical model, this study examined the correlates and outcomes of mentoring among a sample of 635 technically skilled, professional, and managerial hospital employees (men and women). Whereas individual as well as group and organizational characteristics influenced mentoring, group and orgnizational variables accounted for more variance in mentoring than did the individual variables. Mentoring increased with the protege's organizatoal rank, with leader approachability, and with group effectiveness; it decreased as the protégé's tenure in the organization increased. Men reported more mentoring than women, and non-White minority individuals reported higher levels of mentoring than did White individuals. Mentoring was also associated with increased job satisfaction and decreased work alienation.