INFLUENCE OF MENTORING AND ORGANIZATION POLITICS ON CAREER DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF WORKERS IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA

Abstract

The study was designed to investigate the influence of mentoring and organization politics on career development of workers in the south-western Nigeria. Three hundred (300) workers randomly selected from 12 organizations in south-western Nigeria participated in the study. Three hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and results show that sex status, perceived mentoring and organization politics are predictors of career development while marital status and age do not predict career development among Nigerian workers in the south-western region. Furthermore, results revealed that marital status and perceived mentoring do not have interaction effect on career development. Also, no interaction effect was found in sex status, marital status and organization politics on career development, but sex status, age and perceived mentoring significantly interact to affect career development. Recommendations were made in line with the results of the study.