Indian teachers have higher levels of intention to mentor than

IIT Hyderabad on Monday said a study conducted by its researchers and Spanish counterparts showed that Indian university teachers had higher levels of intention to mentoring than Spanish ones.

According to the study, teachers from India valued position-based power more than Spanish teachers.

Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad and Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, conducted the study, an IIT Hyderabad release said.

The study was conducted to understand the influence of self-leadership on the intention to mentor among Indian and Spanish university teachers considering the mediating role of self-efficacy and the moderating role of individualism-collectivism dimensions, it said.

Their work has been published in Journal of Cross-Cultural and Strategic Management, Emerald Insight.

According to the study, in both the groups, self-leadership qualities improved the teachers sense of control over their work and personal environment ...