RELATIONSHIP OF CAREER MENTORING AND SOCIOECONOMIC ORIGIN TO MANAGERS' AND PROFESSIONALS' EARLY CAREER PROGRESS.
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- Published by Academy of Management in The Academy of Management Journal
- Vol. 34 (2) , 331-350
- https://doi.org/10.2307/256445
Abstract
This study examined the relationship of career mentoring to the promotions and compensation received by 404 early career managers and professionals working in a variety of organizations. The results indicate that with a number of variables controlled, career mentoring was related to both promotion rate and total compensation. The results also support the conclusion that career-oriented mentoring has a greater relationship with promotion rate for people from the highest-level socioeconomic backgrounds than for those from lower-level backgrounds. We provide several explanations for the effects of career mentoring on early career progress and suggest a number of areas for future research on mentoring and other developmental relationships.Keywords
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