AUTHOR=Qin Dong , Xu Yan , Li Chaoping , Meng Xue 

TITLE=How Servant Leadership Sparks Feedback-Seeking Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Psychology

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.748751

DOI=10.3389/fpsyg.2021.748751

ISSN=1664-1078

ABSTRACT=<p>Drawing upon social information processing theory, we propose that <italic>moqi</italic> with supervisors mediates the relationship between servant leadership and follower feedback-seeking behavior. Subordinates’ traditionality plays a moderating role in this process. A total of 440 Chinese working adults responded to the two-wave questionnaire survey in paper and pencil forms. Correlation analyses, mediation analysis, and moderated mediation analysis was performed through R and SPSS PROCESS Macro. The results revealed that servant leadership positively correlates with followers’ feedback-seeking behavior via <italic>moqi</italic> with supervisors. Moreover, these indirect effects of servant leadership were moderated by traditionality, such that servant leadership had weaker relations with feedback-seeking behavior when traditionality was higher (vs. lower). Theoretical contributions and practical implications, limitations and suggestions for further study were discussed.</p>