Examining traditional mentoring functioning scale considering reverse mentoring and the work characteristics of millennials

Abstract

With the identification of millennial professional characteristics and advancing Information Technology (IT), traditional mentoring relationships and methods are gradually shifting towards a reverse-mentoring system. This study reviewed a scale on traditional mentoring functions from the combined perspectives of reverse mentoring and millennial professional characteristics in Taiwan. The results provide organisations with a reference for quantitative evaluations when they promote and execute reverse mentoring. Finally, the proposed scale establishes an empirical foundation to quantify reversementoring systems.