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The “sense” behind proactive behaviors: Feedback seeking, meaningfulness, and personal initiative

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dc.contributor.authorJain, Kriti
dc.contributor.authorMa, Bin
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Siyao
dc.contributor.rorhttps://ror.org/02jjdwm75
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-04T14:29:53Z
dc.date.available2025-03-04T14:29:53Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-29
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' feedbackseeking 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.
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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.issn1095-9084
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14417/3622
dc.journal.titleJournal of Vocational Behavior
dc.language.isoen
dc.page.total16
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.departmentHuman Resources & Organisational Behaviour
dc.relation.entityIE University
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/deed.en
dc.subject.keywordProactive behaviors
dc.subject.keywordFeedback-seeking behavior
dc.subject.keywordPersonal initiative
dc.subject.keywordWork meaningfulness
dc.subject.keywordSensemaking
dc.titleThe “sense” behind proactive behaviors: Feedback seeking, meaningfulness, and personal initiative
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dc.volume.number144
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