I speak when boss Back up my family: testing the moderated mediation model of family supportive supervisor behavior and employee voice

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjun Yin ◽  
Shudi Liao ◽  
Xi Ouyang ◽  
Muhammad Naseer Akhtar ◽  
Xingchi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Family Testing ◽  
Supervisor Behavior

scholarly journals Impact of Compassion on Voice Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
Asma Nisar ◽  
Ghulam Abid ◽  
Natasha Saman Elahi ◽  
Muhammad Ahsan Athar ◽  
Saira Farooqi
Keyword(s):  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Study Finding ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Managerial Support ◽  
The Relationship

Employee voice is a constructive and change-oriented communication that aims to improve a situation. In line with conservation of resource theory, our research proposed a moderated mediation model by examining the indirect effect of compassion on voice behavior through the mediating effect of affective commitment, and also examined the conditional effect of managerial support in the mediated relationship of compassion and voice behavior. Data were obtained from employees and their immediate supervisor in the public sector in three times at regular intervals of one week within a 2-month span of time. By using PROCESS macro on an actual sample of employees (300) and supervisors (19), our study found that compassion is positively associated with affective commitment that, in turn, is positively associated with voice behavior. Our study also found that affective commitment mediates the relationship between compassion and voice behavior. Furthermore, managerial support negatively moderates the relationship between affective commitment and voice behavior as well as mediating effect of affective commitment between compassion and voice behavior. The study finding adds to the deeper understanding of the pivotal construct, i.e., voice behavior. In addition to recommendations for more empirical research on voice behavior, theoretical and practical implications are given.

scholarly journals The Inhibitory Effect of Perceived Organizational Politics on Employee Voice Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Liu ◽  
Hao Zhou ◽  
Xinyi Sheng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Organizational Embeddedness ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Prohibitive Voice

Research on the mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions of perceived organizational politics’ (POP) effect on employee voice is underdeveloped. Based on conservation of resources theory, we proposed a moderated mediation model in which organizational embeddedness acts as a mediator to explain why POP inhibits promotive and prohibitive voice. Additionally, we posited sense of impact as a boundary condition affecting this relationship. A time-lagged survey of 227 employed MBA students from a university in southwestern China revealed that organizational embeddedness mediates the relationship between POP and promotive and prohibitive voice, and sense of impact moderates the relationship between POP and promotive voice, such that the relationship is stronger when sense of impact is weaker. The moderating effect was not significant for prohibitive voice. These findings have implications for theory, practice, and further organizational research.

Keep your mouth shut until I feel good: testing the moderated mediation model of leader's threat to competence, self-defense tactics, and voice rejection

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anastasiia Popelnukha ◽  
Shamika Almeida ◽  
Asfia Obaid ◽  
Naukhez Sarwar ◽  
Cynthia Atamba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Affect ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Perceived Threat ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Self Defense

PurposeAlthough voice endorsement is essential for individuals, teams and organizational performance, leaders who consider followers' voice to be threatening are reluctant to implement followers' ideas. The authors, taking note of this phenomenon, investigate why leaders who feel a threat from followers' voice exhibit voice rejection at the workplace and when this detrimental tendency can be diminished. Thus, based on the self-defense tendency as per self-affirmation theory, the authors argue that those leaders who experience threat triggered by followers' voice, justify voice rejection through the self-defense tactics: message derogation and source derogation. In addition, the authors also propose that a leader's positive (negative) affect experienced before voice exposure may decrease (increase) self-defense and voice rejection.Design/methodology/approachTo test the authors’ moderated mediation model, they conducted two independent vignette studies (N = 269; N = 208). The purpose of the first vignette study was to test the simple mediation (i.e. the direct and indirect effects), whereas the second study aimed to test the moderated mediation model.FindingsIn Study 1, the authors found that the leader's perceived threat to competence provoked by followers' voice was positively related to voice rejection, and the relationship was partially mediated by message derogation and source derogation. In line with this, in Study 2, the authors tested the moderated mediation model and replicated the findings of Study 1. They found that the effects of leader's perceived threat to competence on voice rejection through self-defense tactics are weaker (stronger) at the high (low) values of a leader's positive affect. In contrast, the effects of a leader's perceived threat to competence on voice rejection through self-defense tactics are stronger (weaker) at the high (low) values of a leader's negative affect.Originality/valueThis study suggests that leaders who experience a threat to competence instigated by employee voice are more likely to think that ideas proposed by employees are non-constructive and employees who suggest those ideas are not credible, and these appraisals have a direct influence on voice rejection. However, if leaders are in a good mood vs. bad mood, they will be less likely to think negatively about employees and their ideas even when they experience psychological threats. The findings highlight several avenues for future researchers to extend the literature on employee voice management and leadership coaching by providing theoretical and managerial implications.

Relative leader-member exchange and employee voice

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongdan Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Moderated Mediation ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Leader Member Exchange ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Member Exchange

Purpose – This study aims to examine the effect of relative leader-member exchange (RLMX) on employee voice by developing a moderated mediation model. The model focuses on the mediating role of affective commitment underpinning the relationship between RLMX and employee voice, and the moderating role of Chinese traditionality in influencing the mediation. Design/methodology/approach – We tested the model with data from 358 supervisor-subordinate dyads in a large Chinese company. Employees and their immediate supervisors provided data on separate questionnaires and on different occasions. And then, we used an identification number to match each employee questionnaire with the response of his/her immediate supervisor. Findings – Results indicated that affective commitment fully mediated the positive relationship between RLMX and employee voice, even after controlling for personal leader-member exchange (LMX) quality. We also found that Chinese traditionality moderated the mediated relationship between RLMX and employee voice via affective commitment, such that the mediation was stronger for people lower, rather than higher, in Chinese traditionality. Research limitations/implications – Testing the moderated mediation model helps to advance our theoretical understanding of the psychological mechanisms that underlie the effect of RLMX on employees’ behaviour. Originality/value – This empirical study provides preliminary evidence of the mediating role of affective commitment in the positive relationship between RLMX and employee voice. Our moderated mediation model also extends the existing finding by adding substantive moderators (Chinese traditionality) to explain how the effect of RLMX on employees’ behaviours unfolds.

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