Self-regulation of creativity at work: the role of feedback-seeking behavior in creative performance
Publication type
FT ranked journal articlePublication Year
2011Journal
Academy of Management JournalPublication Volume
54Publication Issue
4Publication Begin page
811Publication End page
831
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Using 456 supervisor-employee dyads from four organizations, this study examined how employees use one proactive behavior, feedback seeking, as a strategy to enhance their creative performance. As hypothesized, employees' cognitive style and perceived organizational support for creativity affected two patterns of feedback seeking: the propensity to inquire for feedback and the propensity to monitor the environment for indirect feedback. Feedback inquiry related to supervisor ratings of employee creative performance. These results highlight the importance of employees' self-regulatory behaviors in the creative process and show that feedback seeking is not only a strategy that facilitates individual adaptation, but also a resource for achieving creative outcomes.Keyword
Learning, Training & DevelopmentKnowledge Domain/Industry
Human Resource Managementae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.5465/amj.2011.64870144