Is being a good learner enough? An examination of the interplay between learning goal orientation and impression management tactics on creativity

• Autores: Dong Liu, Sheng Wang, Sandy J. Wayne
• Localización: Personnel Psychology, ISSN-e 1744-6570, Vol. 68, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 109-142
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This study explores how protégés’ learning goal orientation (LGO) and impression management (IM) tactics interact to explain mentors’ provision of mentoring functions and ultimately, protégés’ creativity. Using longitudinal data from 917 mentor–protégé dyads participating in an 8-month mentoring program, we found that protégés’ mentor-focused and self-focused IM tactics strengthened the relationship between protégés’ LGO and the extent of mentoring provided by mentors, whereas job-focused IM tactics weakened this relationship. Moreover, these IM tactics moderated the indirect effect of protégés’ LGO on p