A Study of Trends in Mentoring Relationships Existing in the Indian IT Industry

Abstract

All kinds of organisations – private or public, large or small, global or local, irrespective of the products they manufacture or the services they deliver practice Mentoring weather formally and informally. While prior mentoring research has yielded significant insights as to importance of mentoring and its outcome for the protégé, mentor and the organization. However, it has been very general and not specific to any sector. Each sector has its own peculiar way of managing people and resources. IT industry is having most robust kind of HRD practices. Thus, it is important to understand the industry specific trends of mentoring relationships. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of mentoring relationships on employees and the organization in some of the companies under Indian IT Sector. It also aims to understand the practices and methodologies followed to pair mentors and mentees that it will enable relationships to be successful & achieve program goals. The research aims to uncover the effect of various mentoring processes across the organizations in this sector, its impact on the employee's career progression, employee satisfaction, and employee commitment and its impact on the knowledge management. This study highlights on employee's perspective about the mentoring program and roles of a mentor with respect to the organisation and with respect to his protégé. The findings of the study also gave an insight into factors that affect the mentoring relationships in an organisation. The primary research was conducted through structured questionnaires and interviews of employees working in the IT Industry.