Drawing from the perspective of sociometer theory, we posit that the career consultation behaviour of newcomers can bolster supervisors' organization-based self-esteem (OBSE), thereby increasing their access to career mentoring from supervisors. Additionally, we suggest that the impact of newcomers' career consultation behaviour on supervisors' OBSE will be more pronounced among individuals with a higher power distance orientation. A time-lagged, four-phase data collection involving 238 newcomer–supervisor dyads supported this moderated mediation effect. The results indicate that newcomers' career consultation behaviour contributes to supervisors' OBSE, particularly for those with higher power distance orientations compared to their counterparts with lower power distance orientations. Subsequently, this is positively associated with supervisors' career mentoring as reported by newcomers. The implications of this study are discussed in the context of existing literature on newcomer socialization and mentoring.

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为什么以及何时新人职业咨询行为会吸引主管的职业指导：对主管观点的社会计量学解释

从社会计量理论的角度出发，我们认为新员工的职业咨询行为可以增强主管的组织自尊（OBSE），从而增加他们从主管那里获得职业指导的机会。此外，我们认为，新员工的职业咨询行为对主管 OBSE 的影响在权力距离取向较高的个体中更为明显。涉及 238 名新人与主管二人组的时滞、四阶段数据收集支持了这种有调节的中介效应。结果表明，新员工的职业咨询行为有助于主管的 OBSE，特别是与权力距离取向较低的同事相比，权力距离取向较高的新员工。随后，据新人报告，这与主管的职业指导呈正相关。这项研究的意义是在有关新人社交和指导的现有文献的背景下讨论的。