Results from the multilevel analysis for employees’ mentoring intention
| Independent and control variables | Model 0 | Model 1a | Model 1b | Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | se | b | se | b | se | b | se | |
| Fixed effectsa | ||||||||
| Employee level (Level 2)c | ||||||||
| Control variables | ||||||||
| Age (years) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01**** | 0.01 | 0.02* | 0.01 | ||
| Hierarchical plateauing | −0.36*** | 0.09 | −0.36*** | 0.09 | −0.37*** | 0.08 | ||
| Experience as a mentor (1 = yes) | 0.42** | 0.16 | 0.42** | 0.16 | 0.44** | 0.16 | ||
| Experience as a protégé (1 = yes) | 0.57*** | 0.16 | 0.56*** | 0.16 | 0.53** | 0.15 | ||
| Helpfulness | 0.23* | 0.10 | 0.24** | 0.09 | 0.23* | 0.09 | ||
| Gender (1 = female) | −0.22 | 0.14 | −0.24**** | 0.14 | −0.20 | 0.14 | ||
| Developmental proactivity | 0.66*** | 0.14 | 0.69*** | 0.14 | 0.68*** | 0.14 | ||
| Vignette level (Level 1) | ||||||||
| Control conditions | ||||||||
| Protégé willingness to learn | 1.30*** | 0.07 | 1.25*** | 0.07 | ||||
| Protégé–mentor similarity | 0.30*** | 0.07 | 0.32*** | 0.07 | ||||
| Experimental conditions | ||||||||
| Co-mentor's mentoring support | 0.41*** | 0.07 | ||||||
| Supervisor's support for self-initiation | 0.78*** | 0.07 | ||||||
| Learning opportunities | 0.40*** | 0.07 | ||||||
| Time pressure | −0.56*** | 0.07 | ||||||
| Organisational restructuring | −0.19** | 0.07 | ||||||
| Intercept | 5.30*** | 0.07 | 4.76*** | 0.14 | 3.95*** | 0.15 | 3.55*** | 0.17 |
| Variance covariance estimates (random effects)b | ||||||||
| σ²e | 3.12*** | 3.12*** | 2.67*** | 2.34*** | ||||
| σ²μ0 | 3.35*** | 2.72*** | 2.71*** | 2.73*** | ||||
| −2 Log Likelihood (−2LL) | 11,229.19 | 11,098.71 | 10,801.02 | 10,559.54 | ||||
| χ2 | 130.48*** | 297.69*** | 241.48*** | |||||
| df change | 7 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| AIC | 11,235.19 | 11,118.71 | 10,825.02 | 10,593.54 | ||||
| R² Level 1 (vignette level) | – | 0.15 | 0.10 | |||||
| R² Level 2 (employee level) | 0.19 | – | – | |||||
| Independent and control variables | Model 0 | Model 1a | Model 1b | Model 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | se | b | se | b | se | b | se | |
| Employee level (Level 2) | ||||||||
| Age (years) | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | ||
| Hierarchical plateauing | −0.36 | 0.09 | −0.36 | 0.09 | −0.37 | 0.08 | ||
| Experience as a mentor (1 = yes) | 0.42 | 0.16 | 0.42 | 0.16 | 0.44 | 0.16 | ||
| Experience as a protégé (1 = yes) | 0.57 | 0.16 | 0.56 | 0.16 | 0.53 | 0.15 | ||
| Helpfulness | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.09 | ||
| Gender (1 = female) | −0.22 | 0.14 | −0.24 | 0.14 | −0.20 | 0.14 | ||
| Developmental proactivity | 0.66 | 0.14 | 0.69 | 0.14 | 0.68 | 0.14 | ||
| Vignette level (Level 1) | ||||||||
| Protégé willingness to learn | 1.30 | 0.07 | 1.25 | 0.07 | ||||
| Protégé–mentor similarity | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 0.07 | ||||
| Co-mentor's mentoring support | 0.41 | 0.07 | ||||||
| Supervisor's support for self-initiation | 0.78 | 0.07 | ||||||
| Learning opportunities | 0.40 | 0.07 | ||||||
| Time pressure | −0.56 | 0.07 | ||||||
| Organisational restructuring | −0.19 | 0.07 | ||||||
| Intercept | 5.30 | 0.07 | 4.76 | 0.14 | 3.95 | 0.15 | 3.55 | 0.17 |
| σ²e | 3.12 | 3.12 | 2.67 | 2.34 | ||||
| σ²μ0 | 3.35 | 2.72 | 2.71 | 2.73 | ||||
| −2 Log Likelihood (−2LL) | 11,229.19 | 11,098.71 | 10,801.02 | 10,559.54 | ||||
| 130.48 | 297.69 | 241.48 | ||||||
| 7 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| AIC | 11,235.19 | 11,118.71 | 10,825.02 | 10,593.54 | ||||
| – | 0.15 | 0.10 | ||||||
| 0.19 | – | – | ||||||
Notes:
p (rho) = 0.52;
****p < 0.10;
*p < 0.05;
**p < 0.01;
***p < 0.001. n = 845 respondents; 2,520 vignettes (15 identical vignettes were dropped from the final analysis);
Maximum likelihood estimation is used.
Variance components covariance structure used to mimic the composite residual of Model 0–2.
Non-significant coefficients for occupational tenure, other-oriented empathy, locus of control, leadership position and educational attainment are removed for reasons of parsimony and to improve readability.
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