Evidence suggests that research on mentorship has been dominated by the West, and little is known about the cultural variations of the mentoring phenomenon. While some research has begun in emerging economies such as China and India, there is obviously a need for more research in different...

This study explores the mediating role of negative affect between three negative mentoring experiences of protégés: (i) a mentor–protégé mismatch within the dyad; (ii) the mentor’s distancing behaviour; and (iii) the mentor’s work-related attitude, and one outcome of negative mentoring,...