TY - JOUR
T1 - Reflecting on an academic career:
T2 - Associations between past mentoring investments and career benefits
AU - Boeder, Jordan
AU - Fruiht, Veronica
AU - Erikson, Kevin
AU - Hwang, Sarah
AU - Blanco, Giovanna
AU - Chan, Thomas
PY - 2021/10/16
Y1 - 2021/10/16
N2 - Receiving mentoring is associated with lasting career benefits ; however, less is known about long-term career gains for mentors. A national sample of retired academics were surveyed to examine associations between past mentoring behaviors and current evaluations of their careers. Participants (N = 277) were on average 73.6 (SD = 6.2) years old with 34.9 (SD = 8.0) years of occupational tenure and 7.7 (SD = 5.8) years post-retirement. Structural equation modeling results demonstrated that having more protégés (β = .19, p = .024) and engaging in more mentoring behaviors (β = .18, p = .027) were associated with objective career achievements. However, mentoring behaviors, and not the number of protégés, were linked to subjective career achievements (β = .33, p < .001). While prior research demonstrates that mentors experience short-term benefits from mentoring, the present study’s findings suggest that mentors may also experience long-term objective and subjective career benefits.
AB - Receiving mentoring is associated with lasting career benefits ; however, less is known about long-term career gains for mentors. A national sample of retired academics were surveyed to examine associations between past mentoring behaviors and current evaluations of their careers. Participants (N = 277) were on average 73.6 (SD = 6.2) years old with 34.9 (SD = 8.0) years of occupational tenure and 7.7 (SD = 5.8) years post-retirement. Structural equation modeling results demonstrated that having more protégés (β = .19, p = .024) and engaging in more mentoring behaviors (β = .18, p = .027) were associated with objective career achievements. However, mentoring behaviors, and not the number of protégés, were linked to subjective career achievements (β = .33, p < .001). While prior research demonstrates that mentors experience short-term benefits from mentoring, the present study’s findings suggest that mentors may also experience long-term objective and subjective career benefits.
KW - Higher Education
KW - Retired Academics
KW - Career Satisfaction
KW - Career Success
UR - https://scholar.dominican.edu/psychology-faculty-scholarship/15
U2 - 10.1080/13611267.2021.1986797
DO - 10.1080/13611267.2021.1986797
M3 - Article
VL - 29
SP - 607
EP - 625
JO - Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
JF - Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning
IS - 5
ER -