How Does Mentoring Contribute to Gen Y Employees' Intention to Stay? An Indian Perspective.

Autor: Naim MF; Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India., Lenka U; Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Europe's journal of psychology [Eur J Psychol] 2017 May 31; Vol. 13 (2), pp. 314-335. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 May 31 (Print Publication: 2017).
DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v13i2.1304
Abstrakt: The present study is aimed at investigating the impact of mentoring on intention to stay of Gen Y employees working in Indian IT industry. Also, the mediating roles of perceived organization support and affective commitment are examined. Primary data were collected from a sample of 314 Gen Y employees (born between 1980-2000) from IT industry in Delhi, NCR India. Data analysis was carried out using AMOS and SPSS to test sequential mediation. Findings reveal that mentoring has a direct influence on intention to stay of Gen Y employees and perceived organization support and affective commitment sequentially mediate the relationship between the two. This study contributes to the literature on mentoring, perceived organization support, affective commitment, and intention to stay.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE