Personality Fit Between Mentor and Protégé and Its Impact on Effectiveness of Formal Mentoring of Engineering Students in Erode Zone Sivaramakrishnan S.1, Dr. Mohanraj P.2 1Research Scholar, Department of Management Studies, Nandha Arts and Science College, Erode-638052, Tamilnadu, India 2Associate Professor and Research Supervisor, Department of Management Studies, Nandha Arts and Science College, Erode-638052, Tamilnadu, India Online published on 2 May, 2018. Abstract The focus of this research was to study the personality fit between mentor and protégé and its impact on the effectiveness of mentoring of engineering students in Erode zone. The focus of the study was to understand the impact of personality fit and effectiveness of mentoring process. The research was designed to collect data from engineering students and their faculty mentors working in the college. The questionnaires were made available online to collect data. The data was collected using standard questionnaires by using simple random sampling. The analysis results show there was not much difference in the personality traits of mentor and protégé. The effectiveness of mentoring is viewed in similar manner by both mentor and protégé. It is found that that there is significant relationship between personality fit and effectiveness of mentoring. Significance of the study is that in the future when college attach faculty mentor with student they should attach them with a mentor for grooming based on the mentor and protégé personality since it will result in effective mentoring process. This study is limited to engineering students and faculty mentors based out of Erode zone. This cannot be generalized to other geographies. Top Keywords Mentoring, Personality Fit, Effectiveness of Mentoring, Mentoring Engineering Students. Top |