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Undesired side effect? The promotion of non-commitment in formal vs. informal mentorships

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  • Olivier Herrbach

    (CRM - Centre de Recherche en Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Karim Mignonac

    (CRM - Centre de Recherche en Management - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - IAE - Institut d'Administration des Entreprises - Toulouse - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

This article deals with the 'promotion of non-commitment' from mentor to protege, that is the process by which mentors may provide their proteges with a discourse encouraging them to distance themselves from their organizations rather than commit themselves to them. It is based on two surveys of managerial-level employees, one using a mentor sample and the other one using a protege sample. Results of the first study indicated that mentor promotion of non-commitment was negatively related to mentor affective organizational commitment. The second study showed that the mentor promotion of non-commitment was negatively related to protege affective organisational commitment. However, this relationship was weaker in the case of formal mentorships than in that of informal mentorships

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  • Olivier Herrbach & Karim Mignonac, 2011. "Undesired side effect? The promotion of non-commitment in formal vs. informal mentorships," Post-Print halshs-00738198, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00738198
    DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.561965
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