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The “sense” behind proactive behaviors: Feedback seeking

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dc.contributor.authorZhu, Siyao
dc.contributor.authorJain, Kriti
dc.contributor.authorMa, Bin
dc.contributor.funderMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad
dc.contributor.funderAgencia Estatal de Investigación
dc.contributor.funderEuropean Regional Development Fund
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-08T13:14:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-08T13:14:13Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractWith organizations increasingly requiring employees to proactively manage their job and career,researchers have examined various proactive behaviors,such as feedback-seeking behavior and personal initiative. However,few studies have explored the relationships and dynamics among these behaviors. Based on sensemaking theory,this paper argues that employees' feedback-seeking behavior is positively associated with their performance through two stages: meaningfulness and personal initiative. Our hypotheses were tested and supported using two samples: 196 supervisor-subordinate dyads from one large organization in China (Study 1) and panel data of 207 full-time employees from the UK (Study 2). Our findings highlight the importance of recognizing the distinctiveness of different forms of proactive behavior and the synergistic way they contribute to performance. We also demonstrate that employees can seek feedback and construct meaningful work experiences in an agentic manner,which contributes to the literature on career crafting and career self-management. © 2023 The Authors
dc.description.fundingtypeResearch Reported in this paper was partially funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MCIU), State Research Agency (AEI) and European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) Grant No. PGC2018-098767-B-C22 and State Research Agency (AEI) -10.13039/501100011033 Grant No. PID2019-108043GA-I00 .
dc.description.keywordFeedback-seeking behavior
dc.description.keywordPersonal initiative
dc.description.keywordProactive behaviors
dc.description.keywordSensemaking
dc.description.keywordWork meaningfulness
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dc.identifier.citationMa, B., Zhu, S., & Jain, K. (2023). The “sense” behind proactive behaviors: Feedback seeking, meaningfulness, and personal initiative. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 144, 103896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2023.103896
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2023.103896
dc.identifier.issn18791
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85163976177&doi=10.1016%2fj.jvb.2023.103896&partnerID=40&md5=98f719a90bc4b7e731ae17c8cae79c2e
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3020
dc.journal.titleJournal of Vocational Behavior
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.total36
dc.publisherAcademic Press Inc.
dc.relation.entityIE University
dc.relation.projectID ERDF: PGC2018-098767-B-C22
dc.relation.projectID PID2019-108043GA-I00
dc.relation.schoolIE Business School
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectFeedback-seeking behavior; Personal initiative; Proactive behaviors; Sensemaking; Work meaningfulness
dc.subject.keywordFeedback-seeking behavior
dc.subject.keywordPersonal initiative
dc.subject.keywordProactive behaviors
dc.subject.keywordSensemaking
dc.subject.keywordWork meaningfulness
dc.titleThe “sense” behind proactive behaviors: Feedback seeking
dc.titlemeaningfulness
dc.titleand personal initiative
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dc.volume.number144
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