Attachment anxiety in mentoring: the role of commitment.

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• Personal Author:
  Allen TD ; Poteat LF ; Shockley KM
• Description:
  Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of commitment in the relationship between protégés' anxious attachment styles and feedback behaviors of both mentors and protégés. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from 100 academic protégé-mentor dyads, and reports from both members of the mentoring relationships were used to test hypotheses. Findings: The results suggested that protégé perceptions of mentor commitment and self-reported protégé commitment mediated the relationships between protégé anxious attachment style and protégé feedback seeking and feedback acceptance. Additionally, mentor perceptions of protégé commitment played an important role, mediating the relationships between protégé anxious attachment and quality and quantity of mentor feedback. Research limitations/implications: Taken together, the results reveal the important role of perceptions of partner commitment in high-quality mentoring behaviors. Originality/value: This study was among the first to examine feedback and commitment in academic mentoring relationships, particularly taking into account commitment of each member of the dyad as well as their perceptions of the other person's commitment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Men Occupational Health Safety Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Commitment; Protege; Mentoring; Career Development; Attachment Style; Feedback Psychological Stress; Workers; Work Environment; Employees; Behavior; Humans; Men; Women;
• ISSN:
  1362-0436
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; New York ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  119-132
• Volume:
  20
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065214
• Citation:
  Career Dev Int 2015 May; 20(2):119-132
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Career Development International
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:37e69acc518bef098a7ed8dbd82d1b1b2493561d317713517b394ddd384c4a8c28651c774bc4e8a3083f5aa4e6bc0bb9a5adebcd293024fd886108a7b239f644
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248593/cdc_248593_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 142.97 KB ]