Clear Mentoring: Contributing to Mentees' Professional Self-Confidence and Intention to Stay in Their Job

• In Event: Cultivating Trust and Collaboration for Sustained Professional Development

Abstract

mentoring. The construct “clear mentoring” is introduced to denote a form of mentoring characterised by clear communication of feedback and advice. Findings show that those who perceive clear mentoring are more likely to report higher levels of self-efficacy and lower levels of turnover intention. On the contrary, those who perceive mentoring characterised by openness to different approaches to being a teacher, relational trust, and mentees’ opportunities to reflect upon their own practice are more likely to report lower levels of self-efficacy. This work illuminates how mentors’ communication of evaluations, advice, and feedback can positively affect mentees and how reflection-based mentoring can negatively affect mentees.

Authors

• Eli Lejonberg, University of Oslo

• Dijana Tiplic, University of Oslo