MENTORING AND ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN RIVERS STATE
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This study investigated the relationship between mentoring and organizational effectiveness. The study was premised within the context of 7 government agencies in Rivers State, from which data was generated using structured questionnaire from 46 participants. The relationship between mentoring and organizational effectiveness was tested using the Spearman’s rank order correlation at a 95% confidence interval; thus a 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that at P < 0.05 for all hypotheses, all null hypotheses were rejected as the results showed that mentoring significantly correlates with organizational effectiveness measures – adaptability, goal attainment and service delivery. As such, it was concluded that the practice of mentoring within the examined agencies significantly enhances and contributes towards organizational effectiveness, thus enhancing outcomes of adaptability, goal attainment and service delivery. The study recommended that mentoring and the correspondence between supervisors and workers should be supported through the adoption of a strong framework which supports and encourages such relationships. This would provide a sense of recognition and importance to the workers and as such stimulate their desire to be more effective and useful to the organization.
Keywords: Mentoring, Goal Attainment, Service Delivery, Adaptability
CITATION: Akpebe, E. R., & Baridam, L. (2020). Mentoring and organizational effectiveness of government agencies in Rivers State. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 7(1), 594 – 600.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v7i1.1553
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