Feedback Seeking Following Career Transitions

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title

Academy of Management Journal

Volume

42

Publisher

Academy of Management

Publication Date

1999

Abstract

We examined how inquiring and monitoring for feedback from peers and supervisors changed over time for transferees. Hypotheses were grounded in uncertainty reduction and impression management theory. Results from a longitudinal study in which data were collected three times over a year indicated that monitoring for feedback from peers and supervisors remained constant over time, as did inquiry from supervisors, but that inquiry from peers declined. In addition, role clarity negatively influenced subsequent peer inquiry. Results suggest the need to examine how both uncertainty reduction and impression management concerns influence feedback seeking.

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Originally published by the Academy of Management. Publisher's PDF and article fulltext available through remote link via JSTOR.

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