Why and when newcomer career consultation behaviour attracts career mentoring from supervisors: A sociometer explanation of supervisors' perspective
基于社会计量理论，研究发现新员工主动向主管咨询职业问题能提升主管的组织自尊，进而获得更多职业指导，且这一效应在权力距离取向高的主管中更显著。
Abstract Drawing from the perspective of sociometer theory, we posit that the career consultation behaviour of newcomers can bolster supervisors' organization‐based self‐esteem (OBSE), thereby increasing their access to career mentoring from supervisors. Additionally, we suggest that the impact of newcomers' career consultation behaviour on supervisors' OBSE will be more pronounced among individuals with a higher power distance orientation. A time‐lagged, four‐phase data collection involving 238 newcomer–supervisor dyads supported this moderated mediation effect. The results indicate that newcomers' career consultation behaviour contributes to supervisors' OBSE, particularly for those with higher power distance orientations compared to their counterparts with lower power distance orientations. Subsequently, this is positively associated with supervisors' career mentoring as reported by newcomers. The implications of this study are discussed in the context of existing literature on newcomer socialization and mentoring.