Title: Impact of mentoring on academic success of students in similar and cross gender mentoring relationships

Authors: Bharti Shauran; Rachna Jain; Neetu Jain

Addresses: Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, New Delhi, India ' Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Management Studies, New Delhi, India ' Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi, India

Abstract: The study examined the impact of faculty mentoring/mentoring functions on academic success of the students in case of similar gender and cross gender mentoring relationships. Data has been collected from 400 college students. To examine the moderating effect of gender, stepwise regression has been run between four mentoring supports and academic success. Findings indicate that in case of same gender of mentor and mentee, mentoring has more impact on academic performance of the students. This indicates that mentoring functions give significantly more positive outcomes related to the academic success of the students in case of same gender as compared to the cross gender mentoring relationships. Similar gender mentoring relationship also increased the benefits of the mentoring and significantly improved the academic outcomes. So far, no study has examined how similarity in terms of gender of mentor and mentee affects mentee's academic success.

Keywords: mentoring; academic success; academic performance; mentoring relationships; cross gender mentoring; moderating effect; management students; psychological and emotional support; degree and career support; existence of role model; academic subject knowledge support.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2021.117924

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2021 Vol.24 No.1, pp.63 - 80

Received: 06 Dec 2019
Accepted: 01 Aug 2020
Published online: 04 Oct 2021 *

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