Mentor Career Outcomes
HR & WorkReliability: alpha 0.873 sample items
About this scale
A multi-item measure of perceived career outcomes received from mentoring, including sponsorship, exposure, coaching, protection, and challenging assignments.
Sample item(s)
“My mentor introduced me to senior colleagues who could help my career (exposure)”
“My mentor protected me from blame in difficult situations (protection)”
“My mentor gave me challenging assignments that stretched my abilities (challenging assignments)”
Reliability
Reported internal consistency: alpha 0.87. As a rule of thumb, Cronbach’s α ≥ .70 is considered acceptable, ≥ .80 good, and ≥ .90 excellent for established measures.
Notes
Free for academic use.
Source & citation
Ragins, B. R., & Cotton, J. L. (1999): Mentor functions and outcomes: A comparison of men and women in formal and informal mentoring relationships. Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 84, No. 4, pp. 529–550.
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