Impact of Mentoring on Employees’ Performance

Authors

  • Mohammad Afzal Zarghoni Researcher, Bakhtar University Kabul, Afghanistan
  • Dr. Adil Rasool Asst. Professor, Bakhtar University Kabul, Afghanistan

Keywords:

Mentoring, Employee performance and Afghanistan

Abstract

Purpose: The study aimed to support the need for team growth and further development of a true learning community by examining the impact of mentoring on employee development, studying how mentoring leads to employee productivity, and identifying challenges and limitations. It will look at mentoring, employee engagement, and the most critical aspects of the mentoring position in employee performance, as well as what elements are necessary for integrating a good move toward growth mentoring and affecting employee performance across the board. Methodology: For this study, the target population comprised of all the employees of Community World Service Asia (CWSA) Afghanistan’s Office employees of different departments of the Community World Service Asia (CWSA) Afghanistan’s Office namely Program, Operation, HR, Advocacy and M&E in three provinces (Kabul, Nangarhar and Laghman). The population of the study comprised the 700 higher, middle staff of Community World Service Asia (CWSA) Afghanistan’s Office employees in (Kabul, Nangarhar, and Laghman) who are category proper as population of this study, because they have board experience within organization.  As well as they are the best sources of information to respond the questions; they helped the researcher gather related information. The researcher compared conventional mentoring forms and models in Afghanistan's office to new mentoring models. Furthermore, the researcher looked for new mentoring styles that would be compatible with Afghan contacts. It examines mentoring, employee success, and the most critical aspects of mentoring's effect on employee performance, concluding that mentoring has a significant impact on employee performance. Findings: This is evidenced by the findings after applying multiple regression and bivariate correlation that coaching, programs are actually used to transfer knowledge, guide career development, and improve skills, which in turn leads to increased employee performance by improving mentoring. Implications: this study helps in increasing employee productivity, career advancement as well as it will reducing stress for inexperienced staff because mentoring give more chance to employees on job learning skills. Originality: While there have been several studies on mentoring, this is the first study to look at the effect of mentoring on employee success of Community World Service Asia (CWSA) Afghanistan Office, The study attempted to support the need for team growth and greater advancement of a true learning environment by looking at the effects of mentoring on employee development.

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Published

31-07-2021

How to Cite

Mohammad Afzal Zarghoni, & Dr. Adil Rasool. (2021). Impact of Mentoring on Employees’ Performance. Researchers World - International Refereed Social Sciences Journal, 12(2), 26–33. Retrieved from https://researchersworld.com/index.php/rworld/article/view/15

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