The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the effects of mentoring
functions on organizational efficiency and employees' outcomes based on the
types of mentoring relationships and the types of employees' job functions.
The major empirical results are as follows:
1) The employees who had a mentor showed higher organizational
commitment than the employees who did not have a mentor. The mentoring
function also affected on organizational commitment among several variables of
organizational efficiency and employees' outcomes.
2) The employee who had both of infonnal and formal mentors received more
mentoring function than the employee who had only informal or formal mentor.
The employee who had both of informal and formal mentors reported lower
turnover intention.
3) The line employees reported that the mentoring function had effects on
their organizational commitment, turnover intention, career outcomes and job
satisfaction. However, in contrary to the line employees, the staff employees
reported that the mentoring function only had effects on their organizational
commitment.