How Are We Doing After 30 Years? A Meta-Analytic Review of the Antecedents and Outcomes of Feedback-Seeking Behavior
verifiedrich profile · Journal of Management · 2013
Anseel, Frederik; Beatty, Adam S.; Shen, Winny; Lievens, Filip; Sackett, Paul R.
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A meta-analytic synthesis — it pools many primary studies rather than running a single design, so there is no single-study diagram.
What this article reports
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feedback seeking → task performance
Models this article informs
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feedback seeking correlates job satisfaction
feedback seeking correlates task performance
feedback seeking predicts task performance
In the authors’ words
The article’s own abstract.
This study provides meta-analytic estimates of the antecedents and consequences of feedback-seeking behavior (FSB). Clear support was found for the guiding cost/benefit framework in the feedback-seeking domain. Organizational tenure, job tenure, and age were negatively related to FSB. Learning and performance goal orientation, external feedback propensity, frequent positive feedback, high self-esteem, a transformational leadership style, and a high-quality relationship were positively associated with FSB. Challenging some of the dominant views in the feedback-seeking domain, the relationship between uncertainty and FSB was negative and the relationship between FSB and performance was small. Finally, inquiry and monitoring are not interchangeable feedback-seeking tactics. So FSB is best represented as an aggregate model instead of a latent model. In the discussion, gaps in the current FSB knowledge are identified and a research agenda for the future is put forward. Future research may benefit from (a) a systematic and integrative effort examining antecedents of both feedback-seeking strategies on the basis of a self-motives framework, (b) adopting a process perspective of feedback-seeking interactions, and (c) taking the iterative nature of feedback into account.
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supports “Additionally, lower achieving students may face challenges, as academic performance is positively associated with proactive feedback processes through factors like self-regulation (Anseel et al. 2015; Winstone et al. 2017).”
supports “For these individuals, feedback is a possibility to improve task performance, achieve personal and career goals, and expand their abilities (Anseel et al., 2013).”
disputes “However, previous research has found that not all feedback or seeking feedback from leaders could result in increased job performance (Balcazar et al., 1985; Kluger and DeNisi, 1996; Anseel et al., 2015; Evans and Dobrosielska, 2021).”
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