{
  "title": "Asking your manager for feedback: what research says",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/demander-du-feedback-a-son-manager-ce-que-dit-la-recherche-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-09-04",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Seeking feedback is a proactive behaviour studied for forty years. Its benefits are real — so are its image costs.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Building an Effective Relationship with Your Manager",
  "place": {
    "name": "Fribourg",
    "region": "Fribourg",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "A well-documented behaviour",
      "point": "Susan Ashford, Ruth Blatt and Don VandeWalle (2003, Journal of Management) review twenty years of work: feedback seeking is associated with better job adjustment, but employees also weigh the risk of looking incompetent.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Proactivity in context",
      "point": "J."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The decisive nuance",
      "point": "Timing and form matter: a precise, task-linked request lands better than a general request for appraisal."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limit of common practice",
      "point": "Advising people to 'ask for more feedback' without saying what or when can increase discomfort on both sides.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Fribourg",
      "point": "After each major deliverable for two months, ask one targeted question: 'Which part would you have done differently?'."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "VandeWalle",
      "year": "2003",
      "source": "Journal of Management"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Crant",
      "year": "2000",
      "source": "Journal of Management"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 179,
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  "relatedPages": {
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}