임파워링 리더십이 구성원들의 피드백추구행동과 역할 내 성과 및 역할 외 성과에 미치는 영향: 프로티언 커리어 지향성의 매개효과를 중심으로

Organizations must constantly grow and evolve due to rapid environmental changes and intensifying competition. To achieve this, organizations need to enhance the capabilities of their employees and to lead desirable behaviors and high levels of performance from them. In order to do so, organizations should actively support their employees, and leaders should demonstrate effective leadership. Empowering leadership grants autonomy to employees and fosters creativity, thereby enhancing the organization’s competitiveness. Additionally, it provides a work environment where employees can develop diverse competencies. Protean career orientation refers to employees’ values-driven and self-directed attitude toward improving their job performance and competencies within their careers. However, research on the relationship between empowering leadership and Protean career orientation is lacking. Furthermore, there is still a gap in understanding how Protean career orientation influences the behaviors and performance of employees. This study aims to examine the influence of empowering leadership on in-role performance, extra-role performance as well as feedback-seeking behavior through protean career orientation. To achieve this goal, a research model was established to investigate the mediating effect of protean career orientation in the relationship between empowering leadership and in-role performance, extra-role performance, as well as feedback-seeking behavior. A survey was conducted targeting employees working in Korean companies, with a total of 315 valid responses analyzed for hypothesis testing. The results support all research hypotheses and provide theoretical and practical implications based on the findings.