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Are We Having Fun Yet? What is the Realtionship Between Mentoring, Fun at Work and Job Satisfaction?

Scardillo, Anthony
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1556803713716787

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2017, Doctor of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management.
The fact is that over 70% of all employees are NOT having Fun at Work. While the reasons are many—and have been studied by other authors—we believe that the main cause for this dissension is directly related to the amount of Fun at Work for Managers. Our theory is that if Managers are having Fun at Work, then Employees will have Fun at Work in a kind of give-and-take feedback loop. This increase in Fun then increases the Job Satisfaction for both the Employees and the Managers. Through our Qualitative Study in September 2015, we discovered that the most significant factor to having Fun at Work for both Employees and Managers was Mentoring. Further research of the literature on this topic revealed a wide body of knowledge on the effect of Mentoring on the Protégé, but very little research on the impact on the Manager. Based on those findings, we initiated a quantitative study in November 2016 to further study the effect of Mentoring on both the Employee and Manager, and whether or not Fun at Work played a significant role in increasing their level of Job Satisfaction. Our findings indicate a direct, positive and significant relationship between Mentoring and Job Satisfaction. That relationship is then further positively and significantly affected when both parties are having Fun at Work.
David Aron, M.D (Advisor)
Yunmei Wang, Ph.D (Advisor)
Management; Organizational Behavior
fun at work; job satisfaction; mentoring; role model; selflessness; personal fulfillment; joy of training

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  • Scardillo, A. (2017). Are We Having Fun Yet? What is the Realtionship Between Mentoring, Fun at Work and Job Satisfaction? [Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1556803713716787

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Scardillo, Anthony. Are We Having Fun Yet? What is the Realtionship Between Mentoring, Fun at Work and Job Satisfaction? 2017. Case Western Reserve University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1556803713716787.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Scardillo, Anthony. "Are We Having Fun Yet? What is the Realtionship Between Mentoring, Fun at Work and Job Satisfaction?" Doctoral dissertation, Case Western Reserve University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1556803713716787

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