2015;44:592-610. doi: 10.1108/PR-08-2013-0141.

Social dominance orientation and mentorship: Mitigating hierarchical preference through work roles or just low expectations?.

Personnel Review

Daniel Martin, Stephen Bok

UIID-EM: 112 Bookshelf ID: 2015-23582-009 DOI: 10.1108/PR-08-2013-0141

Abstract

Presents a study aims at 218 business/psychology working students contributed to the validation of the 20-item Mentor Expectations Measure (MEM). Mentors expected outcomes of mentoring protégés based on protégé race and mentors’ level of social dominance orientation (SDO) were established. Study 1: to better understand the structure of the newly created MEM, (and to take the first step toward establishing a model) the authors conducted an exploratory factor analysis, using principle axis factoring procedure for extraction with direct oblimin rotation. The factor analysis yielded four viable factors. Study 2: participants were the same 218 working undergraduate students from a mid-sized university located on the west coast of the USA. While the subjects in the study represent realistic entry level managers and the sample size is acceptable, the authors would like to replicate using larger sample sizes in the future. The development of the MEM reflects a step forward in the psychometric matching of mentors with protégé. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords: Quantitative; Mixed methodologies; Selection; Social dominance orientation; Dominance; Prejudice

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