How Do Mentors and Protégés Choose Each Other? The Influence of Benevolence, OCB, and POS on the Initiation of Mentoring Relationships

Authors

Mkhelle M. Fleig-Palmer, University of Nebraska Kearney
Janet L. Lear, University of Nebraska Kearney
David K. Palmer, University of Nebraska Kearney
Tiffani Luethke, University of Nebraska- Lincoln

Abstract

Mentoring relationships play a critical role in career and organizational success yet little research has explored how mentors and protégés choose each other before beginning a productive mentoring relationship. We integrate the selection and trust literatures to describe a mentor's and a protégé's evaluation of each other before initiating a mentoring relationship. Our conceptual framework distinguishes between a mentor and a protégé in their assessments of the other's potential for organizational citizenship behaviors and perceived organizational support, respectively, and how those assessments are contingent upon perceptions of benevolence. We conclude by outlining the implications of this conceptual model for effective mentoring relationships in the workplace.

Volume

8

Issue

1

First Page

32

Last Page

42

DOI

10.58809/QNUM7149

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Recommended Citation

Fleig-Palmer, Mkhelle M.; Lear, Janet L.; Palmer, David K.; and Luethke, Tiffani (2012) "How Do Mentors and Protégés Choose Each Other? The Influence of Benevolence, OCB, and POS on the Initiation of Mentoring Relationships," Journal of Business & Leadership: Research, Practice, and Teaching (2005-2012): Vol. 8: No. 1, Article 5.
DOI: 10.58809/QNUM7149
Available at: https://scholars.fhsu.edu/jbl/vol8/iss1/5