Feedback environment: A meta‐analysis

Abstract

AbstractFeedback environment reflects the perceptions of the contextual, day‐to‐day feedback process within supervisor–subordinate relationships. Here, we present a comprehensive meta‐analysis of the feedback environment literature. On the basis of K = 112 independent samples, representing N = 31,089 workers, results suggest that feedback environment is positively related to feedback orientation (rc = .42), leader–member exchange (rc = .81), supervisor‐rated performance (rc = .29), and negatively related to burnout (rc = −.51). Moreover, we present multiple regression and relative weights analyses to consider the unique and incremental predictive power of feedback environment above and beyond two related constructs: leader–member exchange and feedback orientation. The results suggest that the feedback environment explains unique variance in several correlates and is a particularly important predictor of (lower) burnout.