Feedback zoekend gedrag in organisaties : literatuuroverzicht en richtingen voor toekomstig onderzoek

This article reviews 37 studies that have examined feedback seeking behavior in organizations. The review shows that a resource-based perspective of feedback seeking behavior has dominated the field. However, besides some important insights, this perspective has also led to contradictory results concerning the antecedents (tenure, self-esteem, self-efficacy) and outcomes (performance) of feedback seeking behavior. On the basis of this review we propose two new directions for future research. First, self-evaluation theory in social psychology can resolve contrasting findings in antecedents. Second, the relationship between feedback seeking behavior and performance can be understood by examining feedback reactions. These new directions offer an alternative for the resource-based perspective and allow for a more theoretically-driven foundation of feedback seeking behavior in organizations