ABSTRACT

This study focused on Evaluation of the relationship of workplace mentoring and organizational performance (A study of selected tertiary institutions in Abia State). The specific objectives of the study were to; examine the effect of mentoring formalization of staff on organizational effectiveness in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State, determine the impact of effective mentee matching on organizational productivity in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State, ascertain the impact of mentee goal setting on performance improvement of academic staff in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State and ascertain the challenges of workplace mentoring in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State. The study was guided by a survey design because it gives detailed information about issues, problems, events and describes events as they are. Both primary and secondary data were used. The population of the study was 3350 and the sample size of 357 respondents was obtained using Taro Yamane technique. The researcher used questionnaire for data collection. The data gathered for the study were analyzed using descriptive analysis. Anova, Pearson correlation, paired sample test and Pearson Chi square were used to test hypotheses with the aid of statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS). The study showed that mentoring formalization of staff has significant effect on organizational effectiveness in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State. The study submitted that there is significant impact of effective mentee matching on organizational productivity in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State. The study also revealed that mentee goal setting has significant impact on performance improvement of academic staff in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State. Finally, ineffective matching of the mentors and mentees and difficulty in setting limits and boundaries for the workplace mentoring relationship were among the challenges of workplace mentoring in the selected tertiary institutions in Abia State. The study recommended that the management of tertiary institutions in Abia State should create an enabling environment that would foster mentoring formalization of staff in order to stimulate their organizational effectiveness.