Abstract
Prior research offers limited insight into the types of work experiences that promote leadership skill development and the ways that the person and context shape the developmental value of these experiences. In this article, the authors develop a series of hypotheses linking leadership skill development to features of the experience (developmental challenge), person (learning orientation), and context (feedback availability). Based on 225 on-the-job experiences across 60 managers, their results demonstrate that the relationship between developmental challenge and leadership skill development exhibits a pattern of diminishing returns. However, access to feedback can offset the diminishing returns associated with high levels of developmental challenge.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 859-875 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Psychology |
Volume | 94 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- experience
- feedback
- leadership
- leadership development
- learning orientation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Applied Psychology