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  • 1.  Feedback seeking scale

    Posted 07-31-2013 12:31
    Hi Everybody,

    Any input is appreciated: We need a feedback seeking scale that includes at least 4 items capturing how frequently employees ASK (not monitor) their SUPERVISORS about:
    - Task or technical expectations (not social or value expectations)
    - Feedback on task or technical performance (not overall performance)

    None of the following scales seem to satisfy these requirements:
    - Ashford, 1986 
    - Morrison, 1993
    - Callister, Kramer, & Turban, 1999
    - Parker & Collins, 2010
    - Lam, Huang, & Snape, 2007
    - Chen, Lam, Zhong, 2007
    - VandeWalle et al., 2000
    - Krasman 2010
    - Tuckey, Brewer, & Williamson, 2002

    Thanks
    Salar



  • 2.  Feedback seeking scale

    Posted 07-31-2013 14:15
    You might look at the one used by Nifadker and colleagues in a study of newcomers in a recent 
    AMJ....2012.  Good luck!

    Sue

    Susan J. Ashford 
    Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organization

    Stephen M. Ross School of Business 
    University of Michigan 
    701 Tappan Street 
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 
    USA 48109-1234 
    Tel: 1.734.763.1091 
    Fax: 1.734.615.4323 

    Office: R4362



    On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Salar Mesdaghinia <mesdaghi@bauer.uh.edu> wrote:
    Hi Everybody,

    Any input is appreciated: We need a feedback seeking scale that includes at least 4 items capturing how frequently employees ASK (not monitor) their SUPERVISORS about:
    - Task or technical expectations (not social or value expectations)
    - Feedback on task or technical performance (not overall performance)

    None of the following scales seem to satisfy these requirements:
    - Ashford, 1986 
    - Morrison, 1993
    - Callister, Kramer, & Turban, 1999
    - Parker & Collins, 2010
    - Lam, Huang, & Snape, 2007
    - Chen, Lam, Zhong, 2007
    - VandeWalle et al., 2000
    - Krasman 2010
    - Tuckey, Brewer, & Williamson, 2002

    Thanks
    Salar




  • 3.  Feedback seeking scale

    Posted 08-01-2013 08:27
    Dear Sue

    Thank you for your reply. I appreciate, if you and others can answer this follow up question:

    I looked up the article you mentioned and found the following measure. 

    How frequently do you ask your supervisor for feedback about your ...
    1. overall job performance 
    2. technical aspects of the job 
    3. values and attitudes of the firm
    4. role expectations
    5. social behaviors
    6. future success in the company
     
    However, our study is not about newcomers and we suspect that tenured employees will rarely need to ask for feedback on items other than 2 (which concerns day-to-day performance) and perhaps sometimes 4 and 5. 

    In addition, in our model we are only interested in seeking feedback from supervisor about task performance. Our hypothesis is that feedback seeking communities conscientiousness of employees.

    Is there any measure that captures feedback seeking on day-to-day task performance?

    Thank you again

    Sincerely,

    Salar 

    Salar Mesdaghinia­­­

    Ph.D. Candidate

    Department of Management

    Bauer College of Business 

    University of Houston

    334 Melcher Hall, Houston TX 77204-6021

    Phone: 301 928 3653  

    Email: smesdaghinia@uh.edu


    From: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] on behalf of Susan Ashford [sja@UMICH.EDU]
    Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 1:15 PM
    To: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Subject: Re: [OB-LIST] Feedback seeking scale

    You might look at the one used by Nifadker and colleagues in a study of newcomers in a recent 
    AMJ....2012.  Good luck!

    Sue

    Susan J. Ashford 
    Michael and Susan Jandernoa Professor of Management and Organization

    Stephen M. Ross School of Business 
    University of Michigan 
    701 Tappan Street 
    Ann Arbor, Michigan 
    USA 48109-1234 
    Tel: 1.734.763.1091 
    Fax: 1.734.615.4323 

    Office: R4362



    On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Salar Mesdaghinia <mesdaghi@bauer.uh.edu> wrote:
    Hi Everybody,

    Any input is appreciated: We need a feedback seeking scale that includes at least 4 items capturing how frequently employees ASK (not monitor) their SUPERVISORS about:
    - Task or technical expectations (not social or value expectations)
    - Feedback on task or technical performance (not overall performance)

    None of the following scales seem to satisfy these requirements:
    - Ashford, 1986 
    - Morrison, 1993
    - Callister, Kramer, & Turban, 1999
    - Parker & Collins, 2010
    - Lam, Huang, & Snape, 2007
    - Chen, Lam, Zhong, 2007
    - VandeWalle et al., 2000
    - Krasman 2010
    - Tuckey, Brewer, & Williamson, 2002

    Thanks
    Salar