The changes of modern society have been rapidly advancing compared with the past, and it has been complicated and diverse. Therefore, the adaptation of employees to organizations is very important in the perspective of organizational performance. If there is formal or informal mentoring relationship within employees, their adaptation could be more effectively progressed. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of mentoring functions corresponded with the duty types on employee’s adaptation to their organizations. Eight hotels among the 18 first-class hotels in Seoul were selected, and survey was used to collect the data.
In the conclusion, the existence of mentor has a positive relation with the adaptation to organizations. The result of this study supports the fact that mentoring program contributes to increase employees’ adaptation to organizations. Therefore, it is necessary for the organizations to implement mentoring programs with a careful design, considering the duty types and mentoring functions.