Examination of a perceived cost model of employees' negative feedback-seeking behavior.
The present study extends the feedback-seeking behavior literature by investigating how supervisor-related antecedents (i.e., supervisors' expert power, reflected appraisals of supervisors, and supervisors' emotional intelligence) influence subordinates' negative feedback-seeking behavior (NFSB) through different cost/value perceptions (i.e., expectancy value, self-presentation cost, and ego cost). Using data collected from 216 supervisor-subordinate dyads from various industries in Taiwan, we employ structural equation modeling analysis to test our hypotheses. The results show that expectancy value mediates the relationship between supervisor expert power and subordinates' NFSB. Moreover, self-presentation cost mediates the relationship between reflected appraisals of supervisors' and subordinates' NFSB. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are also discussed.
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Kuo-Ming
KM
Lu
Su-Ying
SY
Pan
Jen-Wei
JW
Cheng
D003469:Culture; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D030141:Feedback, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D010559:Personnel Management; D011209:Power, Psychological; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan