Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs

Nikos Bozionelos; Konstantinos  Kostopoulos; Beatrice van der Heijden; Denise M. Rousseau; Giorgos  Bozionelos; Thomas  Hoyland; Rentao  Miao; Izabela Marzec; Piotr  Jędrzejowicz; Olga  Epitropaki; Aslaug  Mikkelsen; Dora Scholarios; Claudia  Van der Heijde

doi:10.1177/1059601115617086

Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs

Nikos Bozionelos, Konstantinos Kostopoulos, Beatrice van der Heijden, Denise M. Rousseau, Giorgos Bozionelos, Thomas Hoyland, Rentao Miao, Izabela Marzec, Piotr Jędrzejowicz, Olga Epitropaki, Aslaug Mikkelsen, Dora Scholarios, Claudia Van der Heijde

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Abstract

This study developed and tested a model that posited employability and job performance as intervening variables in the relationship between receipt of mentoring and career success. Participants were 207 Information Technology (IT) professionals employed in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in three European countries . Mentoring receipt was related to both employability and job performance. Employability mediated the relationship of mentoring receipt with objective and subjective career success , as well as its relationship with job performance. The findings indicate that receipt of mentoring is connected to job performance, a link that has hitherto lacked empirical evidence. In addition, they suggest a pivotal role for employability in the relationship of mentoring receipt with job performance and career success. Overall, this study helps unveil the mechanism through which mentoring affects career outcomes. Moreover, it shows that the benefits of mentoring hold outside the context of large corporations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	135-171
Number of pages	37
Journal	Group and Organization Management
Volume	41
Issue number	2
Early online date	30 Nov 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601115617086
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2016

Keywords

employability
mentoring
career success
IT professionals
SME
mentoring receipt
job performance
mediation

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Bozionelos, N., Kostopoulos, K., van der Heijden, B., Rousseau, D. M., Bozionelos, G., Hoyland, T., Miao, R., Marzec, I., Jędrzejowicz, P., Epitropaki, O., Mikkelsen, A., Scholarios, D., & Van der Heijde, C. (2016). Employability and job performance as links in the relationship between mentoring receipt and career success: a study in SMEs. Group and Organization Management , 41(2), 135-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059601115617086

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Supervisor-subordinate age dissimilarity and its impact on supervisory ratings of employability: does supportive learning context make a difference?

What are the career implications of "seeing eye to eye"? Examining the role of leader-member exchange (LMX) agreement on employability and career outcomes

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