Personality fit between mentor and protégé and its impact on effectiveness of formal mentoring of freshers

Abstract

The focus of this research was to study the personality fit between mentor and protégé and its impact on the effectiveness of mentoring of fresher in information technology companies hiring fresher in erode zone. The focus of the study was to understand the impact of personality fit and effectiveness of mentoring process. The research was designed to collect data from fresh engineering graduates and their mentors working in software companies in erode. The questionnaires were made available online to collect data. The data was collected using standard questionnaires by using simple random sampling. The analysis results show there was not much difference in the personality traits of mentor and protégé. The effectiveness of mentoring is viewed in similar manner by both mentor and protégé. It is found that that there is significant relationship between personality fit and effectiveness of mentoring. Significance of the study is that in the future when companies hire fresher and attach them with a mentor for grooming they attached based on the mentor and protégé personality since it will result in effective mentoring process. This study is limited to fresher and information technology companies based out of erode zone. This cannot be generalized to other geographies and other industries.