The question of why mentees stay with a dysfunctional mentor has puzzled many scholars. In this paper, we argue that fresh graduates in an ongoing mentoring relationship are bombarded with feedback from both good and bad events that happen between them and their mentor, making it difficult for the mentee to know, with certainty, if their relationship with the mentor is objectively positive or negative. To decide whether they should stay with a mentor, we propose that mentees will constantly seek clues from their daily interactions with the mentor to judge if they will receive future benefits from the relationship. Drawing inferences from the intimate partner violence literature, we propose that fresh graduate mentees might misinterpret negative interactions with the mentor in a positive light, thus deciding to stay in the relationship because they expect to receive future benefits despite having experienced negative mentoring experiences.

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情绪应对对维持失调的指导关系的决定的影响

为什么受训者与功能失常的导师在一起的问题使许多学者感到困惑。在本文中，我们认为，处于持续指导关系中的应届毕业生会受到他们与导师之间发生的好事和坏事的反馈的轰炸，这使得受指导者很难确定他们与导师的关系客观上是正面还是负面。为了决定他们是否应该与导师在一起，我们建议受训者将不断从与导师的日常互动中寻找线索，以判断他们是否将从这种关系中获得未来的利益。借鉴亲密伴侣暴力文献的推论，我们建议应届毕业生的受训者可能会以积极的态度误解与导师的负面互动，