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Do High Performers Always Obtain Supervisory Career Mentoring? The Role of Perspective-Taking

Wang, Xiaoyu (Christina); Zheng, Xiaotong (Janey); Guan, Yanjun; Zhao, Shuming

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Xiaoyu (Christina) Wang

Shuming Zhao



Abstract

Drawing on social exchange theory, this study examines when and why high performers may fail to obtain supervisory career mentoring (SCM). Although high performance by protégés often makes SCM more efficient and successful, we argue that supervising mentors may be reluctant to offer SCM due to the victimization of high performers that has been shown by recent findings in the supervision literature. We further propose that high performers should be high in perspective-taking, a core relational competence and a key individual factor that moderates the relationship between protégé performance and SCM. Findings from a multi-source multi-time survey (Study 1) and an online experiment (Study 2) consistently show that when high performers are low in perspective-taking, they are less likely to receive SCM. Moreover, the findings from Study 2 also show that low perspective-taking by high performers significantly reduces supervisors’ expected benefits from mentoring them, which in turn leads to the supervisors having low willingness to mentor. Our research therefore highlights the importance of taking into account the interaction between task and relational competence in understanding how protégé characteristics may influence SCM in organizational settings. The paper concludes with theoretical and practical implications.

Citation

Wang, X. (., Zheng, X. (., Guan, Y., & Zhao, S. (2022). Do High Performers Always Obtain Supervisory Career Mentoring? The Role of Perspective-Taking. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 95(2), 332-357. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12386

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 21, 2022
Online Publication Date Mar 5, 2022
Publication Date 2022-06
Deposit Date Feb 23, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jun 20, 2022
Journal Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
Print ISSN 0963-1798
Electronic ISSN 2044-8325
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 95
Issue 2
Pages 332-357
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12386
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1212750

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