"An available mentor sat high on the list of things that make a new career survivable."
This meta-analysis examines 256 studies of organizational socialization and identifies mentoring and support from experienced colleagues as important contributors to newcomer adjustment. Mentoring is associated with social acceptance, role clarity, and task mastery, with indirect relationships to performance, well-being, and retention intentions. The findings establish why access to experienced colleagues matters during the early stages of a career.
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