Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-2007
Abstract
This study examines how feedback interest after career assessment can be influenced by changing individuals' beliefs about the importance and modifiability of the various performance dimensions. In an experiment, 82 master students completed a computerized assessment tool developed for assessing managerial potential. Results showed that participants in the experimental condition were more interested in feedback about important dimensions as opposed to unimportant dimensions and were more interested in feedback about nonmodifiable dimensions as opposed to modifiable dimensions. These findings might assist career counselors and organizations in designing strategies that direct feedback interest toward performance dimensions that are most important for their clients' career or that are most valued in their organization.
Keywords
Career assessment, feedback seeking, implicit person theory, in-basket, intervention
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Journal of Career Development
Volume
33
Issue
3
First Page
250
Last Page
268
ISSN
0894-8453
Identifier
10.1177/0894845306297208
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
ANSEEL, Frederik and LIEVENS, Filip.
An examination of strategies for encouraging feedback interest after career assessment. (2007). Journal of Career Development. 33, (3), 250-268.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/5619
Copyright Owner and License
Authors
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/0894845306297208