Mentoring Nurses in Political Skill to Navigate Organizational Politics

Table 5

Correlations between political skill and mentoring scores using Spearman’s Rho ().

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

Significant at , small effect size.
Significant at , moderate effect size.