Research Article
Mentoring Nurses in Political Skill to Navigate Organizational Politics
Table 5
Correlations between political skill and mentoring scores using Spearman’s Rho (
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| Mentored | Political skill total score | Social astuteness subscale | Interpersonal influence subscale | Networking ability subscale | Apparent sincerity subscale |
| Mentoring total score | .264 | .150 | .134 | .351 | .82 | Mentoring subscale: | | | | | | (i) Personal and emotional guidance | .158 | .056 | .059 | .265 | .091 | (ii) Coaching | .209 | .124 | .135 | .292 | .099 | (iii) Advocacy/sponsorship | .242 | .178 | .121 | .280 | | (iv) Career development facilitation | .336 | .179 | .158 | .396 | .126 | (v) Role modeling | | | | .101 | .033 | (vi) Strategies and systems advice | .221 | .124 | .117 | .265 | .101 | (vii) Learning facilitation | .293 | .241 | .205 | .292 | .149 | (viii) Friendship | .283 | .084 | .158 | .408 | .163 |
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Significant at , small effect size. Significant at , moderate effect size.
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