Research Article
Mentoring Nurses in Political Skill to Navigate Organizational Politics
Table 2
Mentoring demographics (
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| Variable | Category | | % |
| Mentoring status | Yes, I have a mentor | 74 | 64.4 | No mentor | 41 | 35.6 |
| Description of relationship | Informal mentoring relationship | 46 | 62.2 | Formal mentoring relationship | 26 | 35.1 | Mentoring program | 2 | 2.7 |
| Mentoring contract | Yes | 19 | 25.7 | No | 55 | 74.3 |
| Length of mentoring | 1-2 years | 30 | 40.5 | 3–5 years | 36 | 48.6 | 6+ years | 8 | 10.8 |
| Mentoring phase | Initiation phase | 10 | 13.5 | Cultivating phase | 38 | 51.4 | Separation phase | 9 | 12.2 | Redefinition phase | 17 | 23.0 |
| Mentors work environment | Hospital | 6 | 8.1 | Academic setting | 60 | 81.1 | Other | 8 | 10.8 |
| Mentor’s years of experience | 1–5 years | 2 | 2.7 | 6–15 years | 5 | 6.8 | 16+ | 67 | 90.6 |
| Mentor’s highest degree | Masters (MBA, M.P.H., M.S.) | 4 | 5.4 | Doctoral (Ph.D., EdD, J.D.) | 61 | 82.4 | DNP | 4 | 5.4 | M.D. | 5 | 6.8 |
| Mentor’s professional position | Supervisor/Manager | 2 | 2.7 | Director | 6 | 8.1 | Vice President/Sr. Vice President | 2 | 2.7 | Assistant or Associate Professor | 19 | 27.7 | Tenured Professor | 29 | 39.2 | Dean | 8 | 10.8 | Other | 8 | 10.8 |
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