The recent growth of Jordanian higher education institutions has been dramatic, both in number and size of the institutions and in the complexity of their function. The growth has brought with it problems of increasing concerns to the higher administrators and faculty. The faculty are been recognized as valuable resource, and successful educational institutions are working to maximize their existing human resource. In the present study, the roles of career motivation and career self-efficacy as explanatory factors were examined. Career motivation mediated the relationship between career mentoring and performance effectiveness. The study sets out to examine the extent to which the career development of university education faculty has been influenced by mentors to assure quality higher education production at the University of Jordan, as perceived by the faculty. The objectives of this study were to: (1) Determine the extent to which the professional career development of educational faculty had been influenced by a mentor or mentors; (2) Determine the relationship between mentoring influence and selecting indicators of career development; and (3) Determine the relationship between satisfaction with current position. satisfaction with career progress, satisfaction with influential monitors, and satisfaction with overall performance.