The Introspection of Traditional Mentoring Functions and Modification of the Corresponding Scale

Abstract

With the identification of millennial professional characteristics and advancing information technology (IT), traditional mentoring relationships and methods are gradually shifting toward 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 organizations with a reference for quantitative evaluations when they promote and execute reverse mentoring. Finally, the proposed scale establishes an empirical foundation to quantify reverse-mentoring systems. Keywordsreverse mentoring; mentoring functions; exploratory factor analysis