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*Result*: Effectiveness or efficiency: the impact of performance pressure and time pressure on employee feedback-seeking behavior.

Title:
Effectiveness or efficiency: the impact of performance pressure and time pressure on employee feedback-seeking behavior.
Authors:
Lan M; School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China.; Guangxi Institute of Finance and Economics, Guangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanning, Guangxi, China., Nie T; School of Business, Macau University of Science and Technology, Taipa, Macau, China. tnie@must.edu.mo.
Source:
BMC psychology [BMC Psychol] 2025 Dec 11; Vol. 14 (1), pp. 64. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Dec 11.
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: BioMed Central Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 101627676 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2050-7283 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20507283 NLM ISO Abbreviation: BMC Psychol Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):
Original Publication: London : BioMed Central, [2013]-
MeSH Terms:
Workplace*/psychology , Occupational Stress*/psychology , Feedback, Psychological* , Work Performance*, Humans ; Male ; Female ; Adult ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult ; China ; Organizational Culture ; Competitive Behavior ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Time Factors
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Grant Information:
FRG-24-078-MSB Macau University of Science and Technology Funding
Contributed Indexing:
Keywords: Competitive climate; Feedback-seeking behavior; Performance pressure; Time pressure; Work rumination
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20251211 Date Completed: 20260115 Latest Revision: 20260116
Update Code:
20260130
PubMed Central ID:
PMC12801538
DOI:
10.1186/s40359-025-03808-4
PMID:
41382169
Database:
MEDLINE

*Further Information*

*Background: In today's volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, organizations expect employees to change from passively accepting task requests to actively pursuing improvement. Feedback-seeking behavior has gained widespread attention. The study aims to adopt Conservation of Resources Theory to examine the influence mechanism and boundary condition of performance pressure and time pressure on employee feedback-seeking behavior.
Methods: To investigate the mediating role of work rumination and the moderating role of competitive climate on the relationship between performance pressure, time pressure and employee feedback-seeking behavior, data were collected from 410 Chinese employees through a two-wave survey distributed via WJX.cn. Statistical analyses were performed with Spss 26, Amos 26 and Process 4.0.
Results: The findings indicate that work rumination mediates the relationship between performance pressure, time pressure and employee feedback-seeking behavior. The impact of performance pressure is stronger than that of time pressure. Competitive climate positively moderates the indirect influence of performance pressure and time pressure on employee feedback-seeking behavior through work rumination.
Conclusion: The study deepens the understanding of how diverse workplace stressors shape employees' feedback-seeking behavior. Particularly in competitive work environments, organizations can foster a culture of healthy competition by implementing well-designed performance requirements and reasonable time expectations, thereby motivating employees to transform work pressures into proactive feedback-seeking for professional growth.
(© 2025. The Author(s).)*

*Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: The study was reviewed and approved by Research Ethics Committee of School of Business in Macau University of Science and Technology (MSB-20230426). All methods in the study were performed following the Declaration of Helsinki. Consent for publication: Written informed consent were obtained from all participants. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.*