Leaders’ Behaviors Matter: The Role of Delegation in Promoting Employees’ Feedback-Seeking Behavior

Frontiers in Psychology

Xiyang Zhang¹ 

关键词: delegation;    psychological empowerment;    feedback seeking;    power distance;    positive behavior;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00920

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Feedback helps employees to evaluate and improve their performance, but there have been relatively few empirical investigations into how leaders can encourage employees to seek feedback. To fill this gap we examined the relationship among delegation, psychological empowerment, and feedback-seeking behavior. We hypothesized that delegation promotes feedback-seeking behavior by psychologically empowering subordinates. In addition, power distance moderates the relationship between delegation and feedback-seeking behavior. Analysis of data from a sample of 248 full-time employees of a hotel group in northern China indicated that delegation predicts subordinates’ feedback seeking for individuals with moderate and high power distance orientation, but not for those with low power distance orientation. The mediation hypothesis was also supported.

【 授权许可】

CC BY