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The Importance of Perceived Similarity Within Faculty-faculty Mentoring Dyads
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Polander, Emily N.
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1285002667
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Year and Degree
2010, Master of Science (MS), Wright State University, Human Factors and Industrial/Organizational Psychology MS.
Abstract
This study investigated the effects of gender similarity, perceived similarity, and relationship type (formal vs. informal) within faculty-faculty mentoring dyads on various mentoring outcomes from the protégé's perspective. Perceived similarity was expected to be a stronger predictor of relationship satisfaction, affective commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover intent than gender similarity. Perceived similarity was also examined as a potential mediator of relationship type and relationship satisfaction. Tenure-track faculty who reported having mentors (N = 45) answered questions regarding their primary career mentor and other workplace attitudes. Results indicated that perceived similarity had a positive, greater effect than gender similarity on relationship satisfaction, affective commitment, and job satisfaction. Perceived similarity did not mediate the relationship of informal mentoring and relationship satisfaction.
Committee
Tamera Schneider, PhD (Advisor)
Kevin Bennett, PhD (Committee Member)
Nathan Bowling, PhD (Committee Member)
David Goldstein, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
51 p.
Subject Headings
Psychology
Keywords
mentoring
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perceived similarity
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Polander, E. N. (2010).
The Importance of Perceived Similarity Within Faculty-faculty Mentoring Dyads
[Master's thesis, Wright State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1285002667
APA Style (7th edition)
Polander, Emily.
The Importance of Perceived Similarity Within Faculty-faculty Mentoring Dyads.
2010. Wright State University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1285002667.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Polander, Emily. "The Importance of Perceived Similarity Within Faculty-faculty Mentoring Dyads." Master's thesis, Wright State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1285002667
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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