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To elucidate the motives and mechanism of mentoring behavior by mentors with experience as mentees, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 individuals in private enterprises. Qualitative data were classified according to self-determination theory to visualize the process by which mentoring experiences intrinsically motivate to provide mentoring behavior for others, with reference to the Modified Grounded Theory Approach (M-GTA).
The motives to provide mentoring behavior based on mentoring experiences were classified into three categories: one's own needs, pay-it-forward, and awareness of human resource development. Taking into consideration of the social exchange theory, mentoring behavior was provided to mentee as a “pay-it-forward” of benefits obtained through mentoring experience, with a social exchange relationship between “oneself” and “organization,” based on awareness of contribution to the organization. Also, using the self-determination theory, “pay-back” to mentor was explained by contributions to growth of the organization via providing mentoring behavior as human resource development, based on internalization of mentor's intention to enhance the organization.
