Toward a Goal Orientation–Based Feedback-Seeking Typology: Implications for Employee Performance Outcomes

Journal of Management

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 1234-1260

  Gong, Yaping ^a   Wang, Mo ^b,c   Huang, Jia Chi ^d   Cheung, Siu Yin ^e  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

feedback seeking; goal orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014682391     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206314551797     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Ali H., Davies D. R., 2003. The effects of age, sex and tenure on the job performance of rubber tappers. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 76: 381-391.
2. Amabile T. M., 1988. A model of creativity and innovations in organizations. Research in Organizational Behavior, 10: 123-167.
3. Anseel F., Beatty A. S., Shen W., Lievens F., Sackett P. R., 2015. How are we doing after 30 years? A meta-analytic review of the antecedents and outcomes of feedback-seeking behavior. Journal of Management, 41: 318-348.
4. Ashford S. J., 1986. Feedback-seeking in individual adaptation: A resource perspective. Academy of Management Journal, 29: 465-487.
5. Ashford S. J., Black J. S., 1996. Proactivity during organizational entry: The role of desire for control. Journal of Applied Psychology, 81: 199-214.
6. Ashford S. J., Blatt R., VandeWalle D., 2003. Reflections on the looking glass: A review of research on feedback-seeking behavior in organizations. Journal of Management, 29: 773-799.
7. Ashford S. J., Cummings L. L., 1983. Feedback as an individual resource: Personal strategies of creating information. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 32: 370-398.
8. Ashford S. J., Tsui A. S., 1991. Self-regulation for managerial effectiveness: The role of active feedback seeking. Academy of Management Journal, 34: 251-280.
9. Bailey J., Chen C. C., Dou S. G., 1997. Conceptions of self and performance-related feedback in the U.S., Japan and China. Journal of International Business Studies, 28: 232-250.
10. Bandura A., 1986. Social foundations of thought and action: A social cognitive theory. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
11. Bauer T. N., Green S. G., 1998. Testing the combined effects of newcomer information seeking and manager behavior on socialization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 83: 72-83.
12. Bliese P. D., 2000. Within-group agreement, non-independence, and reliability: Implications for data aggregation and analysis. In Klein K. J., Kozlowski S. W. J., (Eds.), Multilevel theory, research, and methods in organizations: 349-381. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc.
13. Brislin R. W., 1980. Translation and content analysis of oral and written material. In Triandis H. M., Berry J. W., (Eds.), Handbook of cross-cultural psychology, Vol. 2 Methodology: 349-444. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
14. Brown S. P., Ganesan S., Challagalla G., 2001. Self-efficacy as a moderator of information-seeking effectiveness. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86: 1043-1051.
15. Butler R., 2000. What learners want to know: The role of achievement goals in shaping information seeking, learning, and interest. In Sansone C., Harackiewicz J. M., (Eds.), Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: 161-193. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
16. Button S., Mathieu J., Zajac D., 1996. Goal orientation in organizational behavior research: A conceptual and empirical foundation. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 67: 26-48.
17. Carver C. S., Scheier M. F., 1998. On the self-regulation of behavior. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
18. Chen G., Gully S. M., Whiteman J. A., Kilcullen R. N., 2000. Examination of relationships among trait-like individual differences, state-like individual differences, and learning performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85: 835-847.
19. Day E. A., Yeo S., Radosevich D. J., 2003. Comparing two- and three-factor models of goal orientation: A meta-analysis. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Meeting of Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Orlando, Florida.
20. Dweck C. S., 1986. Motivational processes affecting learning. American Psychologist, 41: 1040-1048.
21. Dweck C. S., 2000. Self-theories: Their role in motivation, personality, and development. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.
22. Dweck C. S., Leggett E. L., 1988. A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality. Psychological Review, 95: 256-273.
23. Elliot A. J., Church M. A., 1997. A hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72: 218-232.
24. Fabrigar L. R., Wegener D. T., MacCallum R. C., Strahan E. J., 1999. Evaluating the use of exploratory factor analysis in psychological research. Psychological Methods, 4: 272-299.
25. Festinger L., 1954. A theory of social comparison process. Human Relations, 7: 117-140.
26. Ford J. K., MacCallum R. C., Tait M., 1986. The application of exploratory factor analysis in applied psychology: A critical review and analysis. Personnel Psychology, 39: 291-314.
27. Gelfand M. J., Erez M., Aycan Z., 2007. Cross-cultural organizational behavior. Annual Review of Psychology, 58: 479-514.
28. Heine S. J., Kitayama S., Lehman D. R., Takata T., Ide E., Leung C., Matsumoto H., 2001. Divergent consequences of success and failure in Japan and North America: An investigation of self-improving motivations and malleable selves. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 81: 599-615.
29. Hinkin T. R., 1998. A brief tutorial on the development of measures for use in survey questionnaires. Organizational Research Methods, 1: 104-121.
30. House R. J., Hanges P. J., Javidan M., Dorfman P. W., Gupta V., 2004. Culture, leadership, and organizations: The GLOBE study of 62 societies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
31. Iyengar S. S., Brockner J., 2001. Cultural differences in self and the impact of personal and social influences. In Cialdini R., (Ed.), The practice of social influence in multiple cultures: 13-32. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
32. Kline R. B., 2011. Principles and practice of structural equation modeling. New York: Guilford.
33. Kluger A. N., DeNisi A., 1996. The effects of feedback interventions on performance: A historical review, a meta-analysis, and a preliminary feedback intervention theory. Psychological Bulletin, 119: 254-284.
34. Miller V. D., Jablin D. M., 1991. Information seeking during organizational entry: Influences, tactics, and a model of the process. Academy of Management Review, 16: 92-120.
35. Morrison E. W., 1993. Longitudinal study of the effects of information seeking on newcomer socialization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78: 173-183.
36. Nicholls J. G., 1975. Causal attributions and other achievement-related cognitions: Effects of task outcome, attainment value, and sex. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 31: 379-389.
37. Payne S. C., Youngcourt S. S., Beaubien M. J., 2007. A meta-analytic examination on the goal orientation nomological net. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92: 128-150.
38. Pinheiro J. C., Bates D. M., 2000. Mixed-effects models in S and S-Plus. New York: Springer-Verlag.
39. Podsakoff P. M., MacKenzie S. B., 1989. A second generation measure of organizational citizenship behavior. Unpublished working paper, Indiana University, Bloomington.
40. Porath C. L., Bateman T. S., 2006. Self-regulation: From goal orientation to job performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91: 185-192.
41. Renn R. W., Fedor D. B., 2001. Development and field test of a feedback seeking, self-efficacy, and goal setting model of work performance. Journal of Management, 27: 563-583.
42. Rizzo J. R., House R. J., Lirtzman S. I., 1970. Role conflict and role ambiguity in complex organizations. Administrative Science Quarterly, 15: 150-163.
43. Schwab D. P., 1980. Construct validity in organization behavior. In Staw B. M., Cummings L. L., (Eds.), Research in organizational behavior, Vol. 2: 3-43. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
44. Spreitzer G. M., 1995. Psychological empowerment in the workplace: Dimensions, measurement, and validation. Academy of Management Journal, 38: 1442-1465.
45. Trope Y., Neter E., 1994. Reconciling competing motives in self-evaluation: The role of self-control in feedback seeking. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66: 646-657.
46. Tuckey M., Brewer N., Williamson P., 2002. The influence of motives and goal orientation on feedback seeking. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 75: 195-216.
47. VandeWalle D., 1997. Development and validation of a work domain goal orientation instrument. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 57: 995-1015.
48. VandeWalle D., 2003. A goal orientation model of feedback-seeking behavior. Human Resource Management Review, 13: 581-604.
49. VandeWalle D., Cummings L. L., 1997. A test of the influence of goal orientation on the feedback-seeking process. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82: 390-400.
50. VandeWalle D., Ganesan S., Challagalla G. N., Brown S. P., 2000. An integrated model of feedback-seeking behavior: Disposition, context, and cognition. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85: 996-1003.
51. Van-Dijk D., Kluger A. N., 2004. Feedback sign effect on motivation: Is it moderated by regulatory focus? Applied Psychology: An International Review, 53: 113-135.
52. Wanberg C. R., Kammeyer-Mueller J. D., 2000. Predictors and outcomes of proactivity in the socialization process. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85: 373-385.
53. Wang M., Takeuchi R., 2007. The role of goal orientation during expatriation: A cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 92: 1437-1445.
54. Westwood R., 1997. Harmony and patriarchy: The cultural basis for “paternalistic headship” among the overseas Chinese. Organization Studies, 18: 445-480.
55. Wong C. S., Law K. S., 2002. The effects of leader and follower emotional intelligence on performance and attitude: An exploratory study. Leadership Quarterly, 13: 243-274.
56. Xin K. R., Pearce J. L., 1996. Guanxi: Connections as substitutes for formal institutional support. Academy of Management Journal, 39: 1641-1658.