The Relationship between Mentoring Functions Received and Psychological Empowerment: The Role of Trust and Political Skill

Year 2017, Volume: 4 Issue: 1, 47 - 60, 16.04.2017

Elmira Kabdulova Engin Bağış Öztürk

https://doi.org/10.18394/iid.280042

Abstract

There are studies
focusing on mentoring functions received and its motivational outcomes, but
most of these studies fail to show how and when mentoring relates to these
outcomes. In order to fulfill this gap, we investigated the mediating effect of
trust in mentor and the moderating role of political skill of the mentor on the
relationship between mentoring functions received and psychological
empowerment. We collected data from 164 employees who work in public and
private organizations in Kazakhstan, and conducted a moderated mediation
analysis. Based on the findings, protégés feel psychologically empowered as
mentoring functions received instilled trust in mentor. However, it was also
revealed that the relationship between mentoring functions received and
psychological empowerment was stronger only when the mentor was perceived to
have high political skill. Based on these findings, theoretical and practical
implications were discussed.

Keywords

Mentoring Functions, Trust, Political Skill, Psychological Empowerment

Alınan Mentorluk Fonksiyonları ile Psikolojik Güçlendirme Arasındaki İlişki: Güven ve Politik Yeteneğin Gücü

Abstract

Mentorluğun motivasyonel
çıktılarına odaklanan çalışmalar olmakla birlikte bunların birçoğu mentorluğun
nasıl ve ne zaman çıktılarla ilişkili olduğunu göstermemektedir. Bu boşluğu
doldurmak için çalışmamızda, alınan mentorluk fonksiyonları ile psikolojik
güçlendirme arasındaki ilişkide mentora olan güvenin aracılık ve politik
yeteneğin biçimlendiricilik rolünü inceledik. Verileri Kazakistan’ın özel ve
kamu şirketlerinde çalışan 164 kişiden topladık ve koşullu aracılık analizleri
gerçekleştirdik. Bulgularımıza göre, alınan mentorluk fonksiyonları mentora
olan güveni arttırdıkça çıraklar kendilerini psikolojik olarak güçlendirilmiş
hissetmektedir. Bununla birlikte mentora olan güvenin psikolojik güçlendirmeye
olan olumlu etkisinin sadece politik yeteneği yüksek algılanan mentorlar için
geçerli olduğu anlaşılmaktadır. Bu bulgulara uygun olarak teorik ve pratik
uygulamalar tartışılmıştır.

Keywords

Mentorluk fonksiyonları, Güven, Politik yetenek, Psikolojik güçlendirme

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