The effects of mentor alcohol use norms on mentorship quality: The moderating role of protégé traditionality
Ho Kwong Kwan, Haixiao Chen, Zhonghui Hu, Jinsong Li
Human Resource Management · 2021 · Volume 60 · Issue 3
Abstract
Mentorship quality is an important aspect of mentorship effectiveness, yet we know little about its predictors. Using social identity theory, we examined the relationship between mentor alcohol use norms and mentorship quality as perceived by protégés. Our study also considered the mediating role of protégé identification with the mentor and the moderating role of protégé traditionality. The findings, based on mentor-protégé dyadic data collected through a three-wave survey in China, indicate that mentor alcohol use norms are negatively related to mentorship quality, and that this relationship is mediated by protégé identification with the mentor. Furthermore, the traditionality of protégés alleviates not only the negative relationship between mentor alcohol use norms and protégé identification with the mentor, but also the indirect relationship between mentor alcohol use norms and mentorship quality via protégé identification with the mentor. The results underscore the value of focusing on mentor behavioral norms that are not directed toward the protégé. We conclude with a discussion of the theoretical and practical implications for mentoring research.
Keywords
alcohol use norms, identification, mentoring, mentorship quality, traditionality
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