The Analysis of Measurement Invariance across Gender in Mentoring Functions Questionnaire（MFQ-9）

• Main Authors: Sheng-Jan Lin, 林聖然
• Other Authors: Chang-Ya Hu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82937306150996503606

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 企業管理系 === 96 === This study aimed to examine the measurement equivalence/invariance（ME/I）of the 9-item Mentoring Function Questionnaire（MFQ-9）(Castro & Scandura, 2004) across male（N=201）and female（N=312）protégés. This study followed Vandenberg and Lance’s（2000）suggestion for ME/I procedure which they induced for past ME/I literatures, and this study conducted to use multi-group confirmatory analysis（MGCFAs）to examine every aspect of ME/I across gender by LISREL 8.5. The results supported full configural invariance, full metric invariance, full scalar invariance, partial uniqueness invariance and partial factor variance-covariance matrix invariance across gender. Finally, this study examined whether the relationships between the mentoring function and three criteria (mentor satisfaction, job satisfaction and organizational commitment) are invariant criterions across gender. The results of MGCFAs suggest that the relationships between the mentoring function and the three criteria were all positive in both gender groups. However, the strength of the relationship differs in two groups. Finally, theoretical and managerial implications of the study findings are discussed.