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How does mentoring contribute to Gen Y employees’ intention to stay? An Indian perspective

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Naim, Mohammad Faraz
Lenka, Usha

Abstract / Description

The present study is aimed at investigating the impact of mentoring on intention to stay of Gen Y employees working in Indian IT industry. Also, the mediating roles of perceived organization support and affective commitment are examined. Primary data were collected from a sample of 314 Gen Y employees (born between 1980-2000) from IT industry in Delhi, NCR India. Data analysis was carried out using AMOS and SPSS to test sequential mediation. Findings reveal that mentoring has a direct influence on intention to stay of Gen Y employees and perceived organization support and affective commitment sequentially mediate the relationship between the two. This study contributes to the literature on mentoring, perceived organization support, affective commitment, and intention to stay.

Keyword(s)

Gen Y mentoring perceived organization support affective commitment intention to stay retention

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Date of first publication

2017-05-31

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

13

Issue

2

Page numbers

314–335

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

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peerReviewed

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Naim, M. F., & Lenka, U. (2017). How does mentoring contribute to Gen Y employees’ intention to stay? An Indian perspective. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(2), 314–335. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i2.1304
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Naim, Mohammad Faraz
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Lenka, Usha
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T10:00:00Z
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    2018-11-21T10:00:00Z
  • Date of first publication
    2017-05-31
  • Abstract / Description
    The present study is aimed at investigating the impact of mentoring on intention to stay of Gen Y employees working in Indian IT industry. Also, the mediating roles of perceived organization support and affective commitment are examined. Primary data were collected from a sample of 314 Gen Y employees (born between 1980-2000) from IT industry in Delhi, NCR India. Data analysis was carried out using AMOS and SPSS to test sequential mediation. Findings reveal that mentoring has a direct influence on intention to stay of Gen Y employees and perceived organization support and affective commitment sequentially mediate the relationship between the two. This study contributes to the literature on mentoring, perceived organization support, affective commitment, and intention to stay.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Naim, M. F., & Lenka, U. (2017). How does mentoring contribute to Gen Y employees’ intention to stay? An Indian perspective. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 13(2), 314–335. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i2.1304
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1052
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1244
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v13i2.1304
  • Keyword(s)
    Gen Y
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  • Keyword(s)
    mentoring
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  • Keyword(s)
    perceived organization support
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  • Keyword(s)
    affective commitment
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  • Keyword(s)
    intention to stay
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  • Keyword(s)
    retention
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    How does mentoring contribute to Gen Y employees’ intention to stay? An Indian perspective
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    2
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    314–335
  • Volume
    13
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