The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Employee Feedback Seeking Behavior

Abstract

Abstract: Employee feedback seeking behavior has a positive impact on both employees and organizations, but excessive feedback seeking behavior may be counterproductive. From goal setting theory and based on 443 valid samples, this study explores the relationship among transformational leadership, employee goal commitment, employee feedback seeking behavior, goal clarity and process clarity. Results show that transformational leadership has different effects on employee feedback seeking behavior from supervisors and from peers. The former has an inverted U-shaped relationship, while the latter has a positive relationship. Employee goal commitment is a partial mediator between transformational leadership and employee feedback seeking behavior. Goal clarity positively moderates the relationship between transformational leadership and employee goal commitment, while process clarity negatively moderates the relationship between employee goal commitment and employee feedback seeking behavior. This study provides some theoretical and practical guidance for employee feedback management.

Key words: feedback seeking behavior, transformational leadership, goal commitment, goal clarity, process clarity

Sun Mouxuan, Zhu Fangwei, Guo Jianing, Wang Ailin. The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Employee Feedback Seeking Behavior[J]. Management Review, 2023, 35(9): 169-180.

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