Mentoring and Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Novice Teachers From Chinese Middle Schools: Mediating Effect of Job Crafting
In this study, we explore how mentoring relates to tacit knowledge transfer among middle school novice teachers in China and how job crafting mediates this relationship. In total, 465 Chinese novice teachers participated in this study and completed a set of self-reports measuring the mentoring funct...
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| author | Jiying Xu Xueyan Wei Robert D. Hisrich Meifang Yu Xue Li |
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| description | In this study, we explore how mentoring relates to tacit knowledge transfer among middle school novice teachers in China and how job crafting mediates this relationship. In total, 465 Chinese novice teachers participated in this study and completed a set of self-reports measuring the mentoring function, tacit knowledge transfer, and job crafting. An analysis of the reports indicated that: (1) Mentoring, job crafting, and tacit knowledge transfer were positively correlated; (2) Four sub-factors of the mentoring function and five sub-factors of job crafting were significantly related to tacit knowledge transfer; (3) job crafting played a mediating role between mentoring and tacit knowledge transfer; (4) the mediating path of task crafting and skill crafting (two sub-factors of job crafting) between mentoring and tacit knowledge transfer was significant, while the mediating effect of role crafting, cognitive crafting, and relationship crafting (the other three sub-factors of job crafting) was not significant. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c0b8a99d6fce40d892922853607ec6b72022-12-22T02:10:41ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2022-07-01710.3389/feduc.2022.772638772638Mentoring and Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Novice Teachers From Chinese Middle Schools: Mediating Effect of Job CraftingJiying Xu0Xueyan Wei1Robert D. Hisrich2Meifang Yu3Xue Li4School of Humanities, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, ChinaSchool of Humanities, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, ChinaThe College of Business Administration, Kent State University, Kent, OH, United StatesSchool of Humanities, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, ChinaSchool of Humanities, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, ChinaIn this study, we explore how mentoring relates to tacit knowledge transfer among middle school novice teachers in China and how job crafting mediates this relationship. In total, 465 Chinese novice teachers participated in this study and completed a set of self-reports measuring the mentoring function, tacit knowledge transfer, and job crafting. An analysis of the reports indicated that: (1) Mentoring, job crafting, and tacit knowledge transfer were positively correlated; (2) Four sub-factors of the mentoring function and five sub-factors of job crafting were significantly related to tacit knowledge transfer; (3) job crafting played a mediating role between mentoring and tacit knowledge transfer; (4) the mediating path of task crafting and skill crafting (two sub-factors of job crafting) between mentoring and tacit knowledge transfer was significant, while the mediating effect of role crafting, cognitive crafting, and relationship crafting (the other three sub-factors of job crafting) was not significant.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.772638/fullmentoring functionjob craftingtacit knowledge transfermediatornovice teacher |
| spellingShingle | Jiying Xu Xueyan Wei Robert D. Hisrich Meifang Yu Xue Li Mentoring and Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Novice Teachers From Chinese Middle Schools: Mediating Effect of Job Crafting Frontiers in Education mentoring function job crafting tacit knowledge transfer mediator novice teacher |
| title | Mentoring and Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Novice Teachers From Chinese Middle Schools: Mediating Effect of Job Crafting |
| title_full | Mentoring and Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Novice Teachers From Chinese Middle Schools: Mediating Effect of Job Crafting |
| title_fullStr | Mentoring and Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Novice Teachers From Chinese Middle Schools: Mediating Effect of Job Crafting |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mentoring and Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Novice Teachers From Chinese Middle Schools: Mediating Effect of Job Crafting |
| title_short | Mentoring and Tacit Knowledge Transfer in Novice Teachers From Chinese Middle Schools: Mediating Effect of Job Crafting |
| title_sort | mentoring and tacit knowledge transfer in novice teachers from chinese middle schools mediating effect of job crafting |
| topic | mentoring function job crafting tacit knowledge transfer mediator novice teacher |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.772638/full |
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