Table 2

Results from the multilevel analysis for employees’ mentoring intention

Independent and control variablesModel 0Model 1aModel 1bModel 2
bsebsebsebse
Fixed effectsa
Employee level (Level 2)c        
Control variables        
Age (years)  0.010.010.01****0.010.02*0.01
Hierarchical plateauing  −0.36***0.09−0.36***0.09−0.37***0.08
Experience as a mentor (1 = yes)  0.42**0.160.42**0.160.44**0.16
Experience as a protégé (1 = yes)  0.57***0.160.56***0.160.53**0.15
Helpfulness  0.23*0.100.24**0.090.23*0.09
Gender (1 = female)  −0.220.14−0.24****0.14−0.200.14
Developmental proactivity  0.66***0.140.69***0.140.68***0.14
Vignette level (Level 1)        
Control conditions        
Protégé willingness to learn    1.30***0.071.25***0.07
Protégé–mentor similarity    0.30***0.070.32***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
Intercept5.30***0.074.76***0.143.95***0.153.55***0.17
Variance covariance estimates (random effects)b
σ²e3.12***3.12***2.67***2.34***
σ²μ03.35***2.72***2.71***2.73***
−2 Log Likelihood (−2LL)11,229.1911,098.7110,801.0210,559.54
χ2  130.48***297.69***241.48***
df change  725
AIC11,235.1911,118.7110,825.0210,593.54
R² Level 1 (vignette level)  0.150.10
R² Level 2 (employee level)  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);

a

Maximum likelihood estimation is used.

b

Variance components covariance structure used to mimic the composite residual of Model 0–2.

c

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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