Engagement and performance in call Centers: the role of leadership and feedback-seeking

Rachel Gabel Shemueli, Mary F. Sully de Luque, Danae Bahamonde

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This study examines the direct effect of effects of transformational, transactional and laissezfaire leadership styles on in-role performance and the indirect effects of feedback seeking and engagement on the relationship between this three-leadership style and in-role performance in a call center in Peru using the job demands-resources (JD-R) theory. The test of the hypotheses was based on a sample of 152 employees working in a Peruvian call center. Data was collected using questionnaires and in-role performance data. Multiple structural equation modeling (MSEM) methods were used to test the model. These unique data revealed that only transformational leadership relates significantly to in-role performance and that
feedback seeking and engagement sequentially mediate this relationship. However
transactional and laissez-faire leadership were not found to have a direct or indirect effect on
employees’ in-role performance. Accordingly, this study highlights that transformational
leadership is a relevant resource which can be more effective in promoting feedback among
employees’ in a call center, engaging them to display higher involvement and energy about
their work, all of which can lead to greater in-role performance. Some practical ways to
encourage specific supervisory behaviors and promote employees’ feedback seeking, to
enhance employee engagement and performance such as promoting and displaying
supervisors transformational behaviors, supporting employees´ proactive searches for
feedback and training supervisors in providing constant and constructive feedback to the
employee´s within a call center environment.
Idioma originalInglés
Páginas1-11
EstadoPublicada - oct. 2018
EventoProceedings of the 25th International Academy of Management and Business Conference - Lisboa, Portugal
Duración: 17 oct. 201819 oct. 2018
Número de conferencia: 25
https://iamb.org/2018-lisbon/

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ConferenciaProceedings of the 25th International Academy of Management and Business Conference
Título abreviadoProceedings of the 25th IAMB Conference
País/TerritorioPortugal
CiudadLisboa
Período17/10/1819/10/18
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