Breaking barriers: exploring the impact of reverse mentoring on change adaptation behavior through sequential mediation of cognitive flexibility and resilience

This study aims to examine the impact of reverse mentoring on the change adaptation behavior of senior employees working in public sector organizations. Specifically, the purpose of this research is to gain insights into enhancing adaptability and organizational change management strategies in employees by studying the sequential mediation of cognitive flexibility and resilience. This study uses a deductive research approach with employees’ positivism philosophy to examine the effect of reverse mentoring on change adaptation. It utilizes a purposive sampling technique and data was collected from the employees working in public sector organizations in Pakistan. We employed a time-lagged data collection method to gather insights from a representative employee pool and Mplus for data analysis. The study shows that all variables examined have significant positive effects on each other. Reverse mentoring, cognitive flexibility, and resilience contribute to improved change adaptation in public sector organizations.