How Are We Doing After 30 Years? A Meta-Analytic Review of the Antecedents and Outcomes of Feedback-Seeking Behavior

By Frederick Anseel, A. Beatty, W. Shen, Filip Lievens, P. Sackett. 2015

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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.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

Feedback‐Seeking Behavior in Language Learning: Basic Components and Motivational Antecedents (2019, methodology): “As FSB scholars argue, “the key avenue to understanding how individual differences and contextual factors affect feedback-seeking strategies is uncovering the underlying motivational dynamics” (Anseel et al., 2015, p. 228).”
When passion fades: disentangling the temporal dynamics of entrepreneurial passion for founding (2016, methodology): “However, a meta-analysis of feedback-seeking studies showed a non-significant relationship between seeking feedback and role ambiguity (Anseel et al., 2015).”
Goal Orientation: A Review of the Miles Traveled and the Miles to Go (2019, background): “We also note a meta-analysis conducted by Anseel et al. (2015) on the antecedents of feedback-seeking behavior.”
To Seek or Not to Seek: Is That the Only Question? Recent Developments in Feedback-Seeking Literature (2016, methodology): “A recentmeta-analysis (Anseel et al. 2013) has been helpful in providing an empirical account of FSB’s main correlates.”
‘The Ostrich Problem’: motivated avoidance or rejection of information about goal progress (2013, methodology): “In so doing, we draw partly from reviews by Anseel et al. (2013), Anseel et al.”
Toward a Goal Orientation–Based Feedback-Seeking Typology (2014, methodology): “Following previous research, we controlled for age, education, company tenure, and rank (e.g., Anseel et al., 2015; Ashford, 1986).”
#Trending topics in careers: a review and future research agenda (2017, background): “For example, Anseel et al. (2015) argued that there is a major gap in research on such process models with regard to feedback-seeking behaviors, and that future research needs to enhance our understanding of how proactive behaviors develop over time, interact with other stakeholders, and possibly…”