Proactive feedback seeking has a positive effect on career adaptability

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Zhenxing Gong
Zhiyuan Xu
Lyn Van Swol
Tiantian Zhang
Jifeng Xu
Cite this article:  Gong, Z., Xu, Z., Van Swol, L., Zhang, T., & Xu, J. (2020). Proactive feedback seeking has a positive effect on career adaptability. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 48(1), e8441.


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We examined the impact of feedback seeking, including feedback inquiry and monitoring, on career adaptability via the mediator of supervisor feedback environment and the moderator of person–organization fit (P–O fit). Participants were 415 full-time employees in China, who completed the research measures in 3 waves each spaced 3 months apart. The results revealed that supervisor feedback environment mediated the relationship between feedback seeking and career adaptability, and that the effect of feedback inquiry and feedback monitoring on the supervisor feedback environment was moderated by P–O fit. The positive effect of feedback inquiry and feedback monitoring on career adaptability was significant only when P–O fit was poor (vs. good). Supervisors should encourage employees to seek feedback and organizations could also design training sessions to improve employee career adaptability, promote employee performance, and facilitate career development.

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