Measuring mentoring in employability-oriented higher education programs: scale development and validation

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Pubblicato in:Higher Education vol. 87, no. 4 (Apr 2024), p. 899
Autore principale: Nuis, Wendy
Altri autori: Segers, Mien, Beausaert, Simon
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520 3 |a To keep up with technological advances and macro-economic trends, higher education has increasingly focused on developing students’ employability competences through mentoring programs. However, measuring the effectiveness of such mentoring programs has remained difficult, because many mentoring measurements are not validated or grounded in theory. Furthermore, existing questionnaires have mostly focused on one or two types of support, ignoring the wide variety of support types offered by a mentor. Therefore, the current study’s aim was to develop and validate a new questionnaire measuring various types of mentoring support. Based on a systematic literature review, a 35-item questionnaire was developed and data were collected from mentoring programs at four higher education institutions. Data were analyzed through exploratory factor analysis (n = 225), confirmatory factor analysis (n = 208), and cross-validation (n = 101). The results support a 6-factor model (21 items) that is statistically valid and reliable for use in universities (of applied sciences). The model includes the following factors, referring to types of support and their features: trust and availability, emotional support, networking support, autonomy support, similarity, and empathy. This questionnaire makes an original contribution insofar as (1) it is based on a sound, theoretical framework, and (2) it was demonstrated to be valid and reliable across different sub-populations in higher education. The questionnaire provides educational practitioners with a sound and valid tool to evaluate the quality of their mentoring program. It can also be used to assess what types of support could be offered to a greater extent. 
653 |a Higher education 
653 |a Confirmatory factor analysis 
653 |a Discriminant analysis 
653 |a Exploratory factor analysis 
653 |a Models 
653 |a Questionnaires 
653 |a Mentoring 
653 |a Empathy 
653 |a Employability 
653 |a Statistical analysis 
653 |a Educational programs 
653 |a Literature reviews 
653 |a College students 
653 |a Validity 
653 |a Economic development 
653 |a Emotional support 
653 |a Networking 
653 |a Mentoring programs 
653 |a Autonomy 
653 |a Effectiveness 
653 |a Mentors 
653 |a Factor Analysis 
653 |a Employment Potential 
653 |a Validated Programs 
653 |a Universities 
700 1 |a Segers, Mien  |u School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Department of Educational Research and Development, Maastricht, the Netherlands (GRID:grid.5012.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 0481 6099) 
700 1 |a Beausaert, Simon  |u School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Department of Educational Research and Development, Maastricht, the Netherlands (GRID:grid.5012.6) (ISNI:0000 0001 0481 6099) 
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