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From Feedback Seeking to Psychological Attachment, the Mediating Role of Adaptive Performance in Perceived Obstruction Context

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2021

Guillaume R. M. Déprez*
Affiliation:
Université de Bordeaux (France)
Nicolas Bazine
Affiliation:
Université de Bordeaux (France)
Léa Fréour
Affiliation:
Université de Bordeaux (France)
Marco Peña-Jimenez
Affiliation:
Université de Bordeaux (France)
Nicola Cangialosi
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy)
Adalgisa Battistelli
Affiliation:
Université de Bordeaux (France)
*
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Guillaume Roland Michel Déprez. University of Bordeaux. Laboratoire de Psychologie EA4139. 3 ter place de la Victoire, 33000 BORDEAUX (France). Umbra Cuscinetti SpA. 06034 Foligno (Italy). E-mail: guillaume.deprez@u-bordeaux.fr.

Abstract

Based on proactivity literature, feedback seeking behavior is generally used throughout an individual’s career to enable better adaptation to the work environment. However, it has recently been shown that declining levels of feedback seeking behavior may result in decreased psychological attachment over time. This study aims to explore whether individual adaptivity represents a mechanism through which feed-back seeking affects psychological attachment (i.e., well-being involvement and withdrawal). In addition, the interaction effect of organizational obstruction between individual adaptivity and psychological attachment was examined. Based on three-wave survey data obtained from 273 participants from French organizations, a moderated mediation model was tested using structural equation modeling. Results confirmed that adaptive performance mediated positively the relationship between feedback-seeking and well-being involvement and negatively with withdrawal. Moreover, perceived organizational obstruction moderated negatively the relationship between adaptive performance and withdrawal, and positively that with well-being. These results shed new light on the relationship between proactivity (i.e., feedback seeking behavior) and adaptive performance, but also on the positive short-term contribution of successful adaptation in a perceived obstructive organizational context. Theoretical contributions and practical implications for human resource management are discussed.

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© Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2021

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