Enhancing proactivity or encouraging cheating? The contrasting effects of leader negative feedback on employees' workplace behaviour.
The present study examines the contrasting effects of leader negative feedback on employee behaviour within the workplace, focusing specifically on how such feedback affects employees' proactive and cheating behaviour. Drawing upon feedback intervention theory, we investigate the mediating effects o...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 1 - 31 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2026
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