Abstract
This study examines how proteges in a formal mentoring program can influence mentoring functions received from mentors. Drawing from the proactivity dynamics framework and mentoring and proactivity research, we investigate the relationship between proteges’ previous mentoring experience, their information seeking behavior, and the mentoring functions received. We also examine the moderating effect of mentors’ mentoring self-efficacy on the relationship between information seeking and mentoring functions received. Data were collected at two points in time from 137 mentoring dyads participating in a formal mentoring program for new hires in China. We found that although proteges were more likely to seek job-related than career-related information from their mentors, career-related information seeking resulted in proteges receiving more mentoring functions. Also, we found support for a moderated mediation model. Specifically, proteges with fewer previous mentoring relationships were more likely to seek caree...
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