Relationships Between LMX and Subordinates’ Feedback Seeking Behaviors in Korean Civil Engineering Companies.

The relationships among subordinates’ feedback seeking strategies, their LMX qualities, social cost subordinates perceived and superior’s source credibility were examined. Some 134 employees of various civil engineering companies in South Korea completed a questionnaire. The findings showed that LMX quality, social cost, and source credibility independently or jointly influenced subordinates’ feedback seeking behaviors. Preference for using the tactic of directly asking was substantially associated with LMX quality of relationship whereas preferences for using the tactics of indirectly asking and asking third party were not related to LMX quality. The negative relationship between LMX and preferences for indirect tactic is strengthened by source credibility. Finally the negative relationship between LMX and preferences for asking third party is strengthened by source credibility. Implications and limitations were discussed. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]