Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize, understand, and measure positive and negative aspects of supervisor developmental feedback (SDF) and investigate their relationships with task performance. Design/methodology/approach – In Study 1, common themes in SDF were identified...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to posit and empirically demonstrate that positive and negative leader behaviors have a linear relationship with subordinate outcomes. The authors challenge this notion, and test a model where leader positive and negative behaviors have a curvilinear...

Purpose – To investigate the antecedents and contingencies of employee role enlargement. Design/methodology/approach – The hypotheses were tested using hierarchical regression analysis on data obtained by surveying 186 line and administrative employees. Findings – Results indicate that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which leader behaviors (authentic, directive, and transactional) predict subordinates' conceptualization of exchanges with their organization (i.e. social and economic exchanges). Design/methodology/approach – Data were...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interplay between perceptions of instructor competence and trainees’ motivational orientations (autonomy orientation) as predictor of trainee satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach – Simulating a realistic training initiative,...