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Are You My Profession? Mentoring, OCBs, and Professional Identity
| Title: | Are You My Profession? Mentoring, OCBs, and Professional Identity. |
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| Name(s): |
Fullick, Julia, Author Jentsch, Kimberly, Committee Chair Jentsch, Florian, Committee Member Jasinski, Jana, Committee Member , Committee Member University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | The purpose of the current study was to investigate the influence that academic major advisors and informal mentors can have on an individual's identification with a professional organization and their ensuing level of involvement in that professional organization. The present study is unique in that it is among the few to examine mentoring and OCBs in the context of a voluntary professional organization. Participants were 309 individuals with a doctoral degree who are members of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), a large professional organization with 7,847 total members (in 2011). The specific type of OCB investigated in this study was voluntary service as a member of committees within the professional organization. Results indicated that individuals' identification with a particular professional organization was stronger if their academic advisor had engaged in greater OCBs within the organization (i.e., chaired a greater number of committees) and if they had one or more informal mentors who were also members of the same professional organization. Those with a greater number of informal mentors in addition to their academic mentor engaged in greater OCBs within the organization (i.e., participated as a member of more committees). Finally, those reporting at least one informal mentor in addition to their academic advisor engaged in greater OCBs within the organization if their informal mentors had engaged in a greater number of OCBs and when those multiple mentors were more balanced with regard to their to their professional setting (i.e., academia or practitioner). Implications for theory and practice will be discussed. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0004501 (IID), ucf:49281 (fedora) | |
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2012-08-01 Ph.D. Sciences, Psychology Doctoral This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): | Mentoring -- Professional Identity -- OCBs | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0004501 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | campus 2016-02-15 | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
