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Leonie Schelp1, Tanja Bipp2, Sabrina Gado1
1Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany.
Psychological Reports
|August 29, 2023
Summary
Employee learning goal orientation fosters a positive work environment. This study found that individual learning goals positively impact the workplace, influencing both personal learning orientation and supervisor feedback over time.
Area of Science:
- Organizational Psychology
- Workplace Learning
- Human Resource Development
Background:
- A workplace emphasizing personal learning and task mastery enhances employee development and performance.
- Specific factors supporting a learning goal-oriented workplace remain unclear.
- Drawing from educational research, this study examines workplace goal orientation dynamics.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the reciprocal effects of dispositional learning goal orientation, supervisor appraisal behavior, and a learning goal-oriented workplace.
- To determine the influence of supervisor appraisal behavior on workplace learning goal orientation.
- To understand how individual learning goals shape the work environment and supervisor interactions.
Main Methods:
- A repeated measures design study with 144 employees.
- Assessed dispositional learning goal orientation, supervisor's appraisal behavior (self-reference norms, error handling), and workplace learning goal orientation.
- Longitudinal analysis to examine reciprocal effects over time.
Main Results:
- No support found for supervisor appraisal behavior influencing workplace learning goal orientation.
- Employee dispositional learning goal orientation positively predicts a learning goal-oriented work environment.
- Workplace learning goal orientation demonstrated cross-lagged effects on dispositional learning goal orientation and supervisor appraisal behavior.
Conclusions:
- Individual learning goal orientation is a key driver of a learning-focused workplace.
- Supervisor appraisal behavior is influenced by, rather than influences, workplace learning orientation.
- Findings offer theoretical insights into workplace goal orientation and practical strategies for enhancing personnel development and performance management.
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