The personality configuration of mentors and mentees is important in understanding mentoring outcomes. While the best mentors appear to have higher degrees of agreeableness and conscientiousness, entrepreneurs generally score lower on agreeableness and have higher degrees of narcissism, a personality trait that could be detrimental to mentoring. We investigated the interaction of narcissism with two traits from the Big Five Inventory, namely agreeableness and conscientiousness, to see how this interaction influenced learning from the relationship of mentee entrepreneurs. Our findings suggest that mentee narcissism negatively influences learning, and mentor agreeableness mitigates the negative effects on mentee learning. These findings show certain beneficial personality configurations in entrepreneurial mentoring and provide elements to consider in managerial practice when pairing mentors and mentees in this context.

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自恋、宜人性和责任心在创业指导中的相互作用：对学习成果的影响

导师和受训者的性格配置对于理解指导结果非常重要。虽然最好的导师似乎具有较高程度的随和性和责任心，但企业家通常在随和性方面得分较低，并且具有较高程度的自恋，这种性格特征可能不利于指导。我们研究了自恋与大五量表中的两个特征（即宜人性和尽责性）的相互作用，以了解这种相互作用如何影响从受训企业家的关系中学习。我们的研究结果表明，学员的自恋会对学习产生负面影响，而导师的宜人性会减轻对学员学习的负面影响。这些发现显示了创业指导中某些有益的人格配置，并提供了在这种情况下将导师和受训者配对时在管理实践中需要考虑的要素。