- Title
- Assessing the influence of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new construction employees : a literature review
- Creator
- Nkomo, Morena William, Thwala, Wellington Didibhuku
- Subject
- Mentoring, Construction, Graduates
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- Conference proceedings
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/71946
- Identifier
- uj:18216
- Identifier
- Citation: Nkomo, M.W. & Thwala, W.D. 2015. Assessing the influence of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new construction employees : a literature review.
- Description
- Abstract: 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 of mentoring functions on job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new graduates. This paper is aimed at examining the effects of mentoring functions on the job satisfaction and organizational commitment of new construction employees in the influence of mentoring functions in South African construction industry. The study was mainly a literature review, an exploratory study 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 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 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 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.
- Language
- English
- Rights
- ©2015, authors
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