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Does mentoring matter? A multidisciplinary meta-analysis comparing mentored and non-mentored individuals

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Eby, Lillian T., Allen, Tammy D., Evans, Sarah C., Ng, Thomas, DuBois, David L.·2008·Journal of Vocational Behavior
DOI 10.1016/j.jvb.2007.04.005PMC PMC2352144
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The study of mentoring has generally been conducted within disciplinary silos with a specific type of mentoring relationship as a focus. The purpose of this article is to quantitatively review the three major areas of mentoring research (youth, academic, workplace) to determine the overall effect size associated with mentoring outcomes for protégés. We also explored whether the relationship between mentoring and protégé outcomes varied by the type of mentoring relationship (youth, academic, workplace). Results demonstrate that mentoring is associated with a wide range of favorable behavioral, attitudinal, health-related, relational, motivational, and career outcomes, although the effect size is generally small. Some differences were also found across type of mentoring. Generally, larger effect sizes were detected for academic and workplace mentoring compared to youth mentoring. Implications for future research, theory, and applied practice are provided.

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  • The overall small to moderate effect sizes for the relation between presence (r = .106) and quality (r = .208) of natural mentoring and positive youth outcomes are on the higher range if compared to formal mentoring effect sizes that have been reported over the past 30 years.

    “The overall small to moderate effect sizes for the relation between presence (r = .106) and quality (r = .208) of natural mentoring and positive youth outcomes are on the higher range if compared to formal mentoring effect sizes that have been reported over the past 30 years.”

    From Does Natural Mentoring Matter? A Multilevel Meta‐analysis on the Association Between Natural Mentoring and Youth Outcomes (2018) · cites this paper as Eby et al., 2008

  • Formal mentoring effect sizes range between r = .03 for psychological stress and r = .15 for aggression.

    “These effect sizes range between r = .03 for the association between formal mentoring and psychological stress and r = .15 for the association between formal mentoring and aggression (DuBois et al., 2011; Eby et al., 2008; Jolliffe & Farrington, 2007; Tolan et al., 2013; Wheeler et al., 2010).”

    From Does Natural Mentoring Matter? A Multilevel Meta‐analysis on the Association Between Natural Mentoring and Youth Outcomes (2018) · cites this paper as Eby et al., 2008

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Authors
Eby, L. T., Allen, T. D., Evans, S. C., Ng, T., & DuBois, D. L.
Affiliations
  • University of Georgia (US)
  • University of South Florida (US)
  • University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • University of Illinois Chicago (US)
Corresponding author
Eby, Lillian T.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Vocational Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-04
Volume
72
Issue
2
Pages
254-267
ISSN
0001-8791 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jvb.2007.04.005
PMC
PMC2352144
OpenAlex
W1996447434
Cited by
1,046
References
12
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FWCI
25.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of Vocational Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida) (submittedVersion)
  • The HKU Scholars Hub (University of Hong Kong) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA019460)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mentoring and Academic Development
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Counseling Practices and Supervision
Keywords
mentoring, Protégé, youth mentoring, academic mentorship, workplace mentoring, mentoring outcomes, effect size, career outcomes, motivation, health outcomes, relationship outcomes

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