Mentoring and Work Engagement:A Self-determination Perspective

Abstract

Abstract: Scholars and practitioners have devoted substantial efforts to understanding how to effectively motivate employees. Based on the self-determination theory, this study collects the dynamic data of 72 R&D personnel for 10 consecutive working days by using the experience sampling method and explores the process and boundary conditions of the influence of mentoring on subordinates' work engagement. The empirical analysis results show that:mentoring has a significant positive impact on subordinates' sense of work meaningfulness. Besides, work meaningfulness mediates the relationship between mentoring and work engagement. In addition, the achievement motivation of employees not only positively moderates the positive effect of mentoring on subordinates' work meaningfulness, but also positively moderates the mediating effect of work meaningfulness on the relationship between mentoring and subordinates' work engagement. Our research is important theoreticallybecause it enriches and extends the current work engagement literature. Specifically, (1) taking a specific rather than general leadership behavior perspective, this study explores the positive influence of mentoring on work engagement, as well as the underlying mechanism, which can help to understand the antecedents of this organizational phenomenon more comprehensively; (2) by revealing the boundary conditions, this study helps to understand how to maximize the positive effect of mentoring on work engagement. Implications for research and practice are provided.

Key words: mentoring, work engagement, work meaningfulness, achievement motivation

Song Meng, Zheng Qiuxia, Jiang Aoxue, Qi Meng, Gao Yuan. Mentoring and Work Engagement:A Self-determination Perspective[J]. Management Review, 2023, 35(5): 163-172.

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