Gender influences as an impediment to knowledge sharing: when men and women fail to seek peer feedback.
Little research has considered how work team characteristics influence feedback-seeking behavior among team members. The authors' aim in this research was to identify central sources of influence on feedback-seeking behavior in a mixed-gender context. They placed men and women in work groups of varying gender composition. The participants then participated in a gender-biased (perceived as either male-oriented or female-oriented) negotiation exercise. Findings indicated that the gender of the participant, the team's gender composition, and the gender orientation of the task influenced feedback-seeking behavior among team members.
Miller
Diane L
DL
Faculty of Management, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. d.miller@uleth.ca
Karakowsky
Leonard
L
D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D012737:Sex Factors; D012938:Social Perception