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Learning the ropes: the protective role of mentoring in correctional police officers' socialization process

Farnese, Maria Luisa, Bello, Benedetta, Livi, Stefano, Barbieri, Barbara and Gubbiotti, Paola 2017. Learning the ropes: the protective role of mentoring in correctional police officers' socialization process. Military Psychology 28 (6) , pp. 429-447. 10.1037/mil0000131

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Abstract

Formal mentoring is an individualized and contextualized socialization tactic to enhance newcomers’ learning—acknowledged as essential in the early career stage—that can be of particular value when entering a fairly unpredictable and stressful workplace. This research aims to understand the moderating role of formal mentoring in the relationship between organizational socialization and 2 adjustment indicators, a positive 1 (commitment) and a negative 1 (turnover intention). A questionnaire was administered to 117 correctional police officer newcomers, as prisons are especially critical work contexts for newcomers. The results show a direct effect from both socialization and mentoring on commitment and turnover, and an interaction between socialization and mentoring on turnover, although not on commitment. When the socialization process progresses steadily, both socialization and mentoring contribute to good adjustment, but when traditional tactics go wrong, a different learning source (formal mentoring) exerts a protective function, limiting newcomers’ intention to quit. These findings give support to the usefulness of mentoring in a law enforcement context and provide some insight into defining formal mentoring programs.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Business (Including Economics)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN: 0899-5605
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2022 01:19
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/112255

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