Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: How a Group of Coordinators Made Mentoring Possible

Edwards, J. N.; Adams, Katherine L.; Bialkowski, Michele R.; Smith, Anita; Hudson, Teresa J.; McCartney, Stephanie; Mitchell, Emily; Rosario, Alice Del; Riley, Jacqueline

doi:10.1016/j.acap.2018.04.049

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“…Even if the formal organisation structure in preschools is relatively hierarchical, there is increased use of teamwork involving mentoring relationships to establish efficient learning environments at work. Such teamwork combined with distributed leadership could be a possible explanation of why employees without an educational leadership position engage themselves in mentoring others (Edwards et al, 2018;Polega et al, 2019). Okhuysen and Eisenhardt (2002) argued that important conditions for vigorous problem-solving, such as cognitive tasks, are shared goals, welldefined role assignments and a willingness to make decisions.…”

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Job characteristics theory and mentoring: the influence of cognitive tasks and educational leadership on mentoring provided

Waaland

2020

IJMCE

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PurposeThe purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of cognitive tasks on mentoring provided and the moderating influence of having an educational leadership position.Design/methodology/approachThis cross-sectional survey was based on a questionnaire sent to 435 employees of 29 preschools in Norway. A total of 284 responses were returned, with a response rate of 65.3%. A total of three research hypotheses were formulated. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to develop three measurement models, and structural equation modelling (SEM) based on the multigroup analysis was used to test the hypotheses.FindingsResults revealed that cognitive tasks increase the occurrence of mentoring provided at work for employees with and without an educational leadership position. Furthermore, educational leadership moderates the relationship between cognitive tasks and mentoring provided.Research limitations/implicationsThe use of convenience sampling and self-reports are discussed, especially related to representativeness and reporting biases. Implications for practice and future research are also discussed.Originality/valueThis is an understudied area, and no previous research has used a confirmatory approach to investigate how cognitive tasks and educational leadership influence the occurrence of mentoring provided.

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Job characteristics theory and mentoring: the influence of cognitive tasks and educational leadership on mentoring provided

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: How a Group of Coordinators Made Mentoring Possible

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