TY - GEN
T1 - Influences of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of graduate employees
AU - Nkomo, Morena William
AU - Thwala, Wellington Didibhuku
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton Ohis
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - A significant percentage of the workforce, within the construction sector is nearing retirement age over the next ten years. These employees have acquired a tremendous amount of knowledge about how things work, how to get things done and who to go to when problems arise. Losing their expertise and experience could significantly reduce efficiency, resulting in costly mistakes, unexpected quality problems, or significant disruptions in services and or performance. The business world has long known and relied upon mentoring as a proven technique for developing in house talent. Previous studies proved that the implementation of mentoring programme is beneficial for enhancing employee skills and attitudes. Few researchers are devoted to exploring the impact. This paper is aimed at examining the effects of mentoring functions on the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new graduates in the South African construction industry. The study was mainly a literature review, with a special focus on the impact of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees within organizations. The data used in the report was mainly qualitative, based on the content analysis, and historical data. The study indicated that career development and role modelling functions have a positive effect on the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new entry employees. However, the psychosocial support function was incapable of providing adequate explanation for these work outcomes. The study suggest that graduate managers should improve the career development and role modelling functions of mentoring in order to enhance the job satisfaction, organizational commitment of new entry graduates employees. The early success of the initiatives described provide useful lessons for the construction industry and executives who recognize that mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment are critical for sustaining future organizational performance.
AB - A significant percentage of the workforce, within the construction sector is nearing retirement age over the next ten years. These employees have acquired a tremendous amount of knowledge about how things work, how to get things done and who to go to when problems arise. Losing their expertise and experience could significantly reduce efficiency, resulting in costly mistakes, unexpected quality problems, or significant disruptions in services and or performance. The business world has long known and relied upon mentoring as a proven technique for developing in house talent. Previous studies proved that the implementation of mentoring programme is beneficial for enhancing employee skills and attitudes. Few researchers are devoted to exploring the impact. This paper is aimed at examining the effects of mentoring functions on the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new graduates in the South African construction industry. The study was mainly a literature review, with a special focus on the impact of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of employees within organizations. The data used in the report was mainly qualitative, based on the content analysis, and historical data. The study indicated that career development and role modelling functions have a positive effect on the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new entry employees. However, the psychosocial support function was incapable of providing adequate explanation for these work outcomes. The study suggest that graduate managers should improve the career development and role modelling functions of mentoring in order to enhance the job satisfaction, organizational commitment of new entry graduates employees. The early success of the initiatives described provide useful lessons for the construction industry and executives who recognize that mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment are critical for sustaining future organizational performance.
KW - Construction
KW - Employees
KW - Graduates
KW - Job satisfaction
KW - Mentoring
KW - Organizational commitment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85022203316&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-60018-5_20
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-60018-5_20
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85022203316
SN - 9783319600178
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 197
EP - 206
BT - Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences - Proceedings of the AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, 2017
A2 - Andre, Terence
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - AHFE 2017 International Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, 2017
Y2 - 17 July 2017 through 21 July 2017
ER -
