Employees’ Critical Thinking, Leaders’ Inspirational Motivation, and Voice Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Jiang ◽  
Ang Gao ◽  
Baiyin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Field Study ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Inspirational Motivation ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract. This study uses implicit voice theory to examine the influence of employees’ critical thinking and leaders’ inspirational motivation on employees’ voice behavior via voice efficacy. The results of a pretest of 302 employees using critical thinking questionnaires and a field study of 273 dyads of supervisors and their subordinates revealed that both employees’ critical thinking and leaders’ inspirational motivation had a positive effect on employees’ voice and that voice efficacy mediates the relationships among employees’ critical thinking, leaders’ inspirational motivation, and employees’ voice. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Validation of a German Version of Kelley’s (1992) Followership Questionnaire

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Mirko Ribbat ◽  
Stefan Krumm ◽  
Joachim Hüffmeier
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
German Version ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
Leadership Research

Abstract. While most leadership research takes the perspective of leaders influencing their followers, more recent research focused on the question how followers may influence their leaders. Kelley’s (1992) followership questionnaire was the first to assess followership behavior. To provide a basis for further research on followership in German-speaking countries, we conducted two studies to establish the psychometric properties of a German version of Kelley’s questionnaire. In Study 1, we explored the factorial structure of our translation in a heterogeneous employee sample ( N = 451). In Study 2, we tested for convergent, discriminant, and criterion-related validity in another heterogeneous employee sample ( N = 413). The results indicate satisfactory psychometric properties for two followership dimensions (i.e., active engagement and independent, critical thinking). Correlations of these two followership dimensions with other constructs were mostly in line with our expectations. We discuss the usefulness of the German followership questionnaire for research and practice.

Fair? I Don’t Care: Examining the Moderating Effect of Workplace Cynicism on the Relationship Between Interactional Fairness and Perceptions of Organizational Support From a Social Exchange Perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 401-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian J. Collins
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Positive Direct ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Practical Implications

This article examines how workplace cynicism moderates the relationship between interactional fairness and perceptions of organizational support (POS). Using a sample of full-time employees, I found a positive, direct effect between interactional fairness and POS. Furthermore, the moderating effect suggests the relation between interactional fairness and POS was stronger for less cynical employees. Incorporating a social exchange framework, this article discusses how the typically positive effect of interactional fairness is lost on cynical employees. This result was confirmed using a controlled scenario-based protocol, which replicated the results of the field study. Practical implications and directions for future research are discussed.

Effects of Supervisor Power on Preparers' Responses to Audit Review: A Field Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald B. Fedor ◽  
Robert J. Ramsay
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Coercive Power ◽  
Referent Power ◽  
Audit Review ◽  
Additional Feedback ◽  
Positive Effect

This study investigates the role of audit review as feedback to workpaper preparers. Specifically, we examine whether review affects preparers' attempts to improve their performance, manage their reviewers' impressions of their work, and seek additional feedback from their reviewers. We also examine the effects of preparers' perceptions of their reviewers' power. Power has previously been shown to be a critical construct affecting feedback. Our findings suggest that perceptions of reviewer power affect preparers' responses to review. Specifically, referent power appears to have the most positive effect on preparer's responses, while perceptions of coercive power have detrimental effects.

scholarly journals A Second Chance: Employers’ Perspectives in Hiring Individuals in Addiction Recovery

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicia B. Becton ◽  
Roy K. Chen ◽  
Teresia M. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Common Factors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Employment Outcomes ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Addiction Recovery ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Second Chance ◽  
Positive Effect

There is a constant debate that employers are not adequately prepared to hire individuals in addiction recovery for a number of reasons. Literature suggests lack of awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to interact with individuals in addiction recovery as common factors impacting employment outcomes. The purpose of the study was to use open-ended questions to examine employer perspectives toward hiring individuals in addiction recovery. Furthermore, the authors examined gender, business industry, and employer profession to identify any common factors between groups. Major themes in the study included employability, available supports and resources for business owners, influence of societal biases, and concerns related to applicants in recovery well-being. Although the findings suggests, the initial willingness to hire individuals in addiction recovery tends to be low among employers, other findings indicate with appropriate training and resources, employers may be susceptible to hire individuals in addiction recovery. The type of drug, length of recovery, and support of the person in recovery, when disclosed, appears to have a positive effect on employers’ willingness to hire. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals The role of disposition to critical thinking in digital game-based learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 51-63
Author(s):  
Manuel Gentile ◽  
Giuseppe Città ◽  
Salvatore Perna ◽  
Alessandro Signa ◽  
Valentina Dal Grande ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Serious Games ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Direct Consequence ◽  
Game Based Learning ◽  
Analysis Methodology ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Game Performance ◽  
Positive Effect

The relationship between the development of 21st-century skills and game-based learning is a field to explore. Among the 21-st century skills, critical thinking is one of the most analyzed skills. This study aims to deepen the relationship between learning and disposition to critical thinking (DCT) in the context of Serious Games (SGs). In particular, starting from the evidence of previous work, that highlighted a positive effect of the DCT on game performance, this study analyzes how the DCT also affects the explicit learning gained by the players. This work highlights that the DCT has a crucial role in explicit knowledge acquisition and how the improvement of game performance is a direct consequence of DCT through a path analysis methodology.

Power drives consumer voice behavior

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenqian Wan ◽  
Huaibin Li
Keyword(s):  
Role Playing ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Consumer Voice ◽  
Sense Of Power ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeThe active voice behavior of customers is crucial to the development of enterprises, but few studies have examined how to promote customer voice behavior. Does a sense of power drive consumers to provide advice to the companies involved? This paper aims to address the issue.Design/methodology/approachBy conducting three experiments, the authors proved the effect of the sense of power on customer voice behavior. In Study 1, the authors manipulated subjects' sense of power levels (high vs low) through an episodic recall task. Tangible goods were used as experimental material. The authors verified that power had a positive impact on customer voice behavior. In Study 2, the authors changed the experimental materials to intangible service products and used role-playing tasks to manipulate the subjects' sense of power. Study 2 validated the mediating role played by self-confidence in the main effect. In Study 3, the authors validated the moderating role of self-doubt for the power effect.FindingsBased on the approach-inhibition theory of power and the situated focus theory of power, the current research finds that there is a positive effect of consumer's sense of power on their voice behavior. It also further analyzes the mediating role of self-confidence, the mechanism by which power affects customer voice behavior. However, this positive effect does not always occur. Self-doubt plays a moderating role in this relationship. If the individual's self-doubt level is high, the positive effect of power on the individual's self-confidence cannot be observed, which means that self-doubt is a boundary condition for the positive effect of power on individuals' self-confidence.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors discuss the influence of sense of power on customer voice behavior and test the mediating role of self-confidence and its boundary conditions. The results show that consumers are more confident in themselves when they feel a sense of power and are more likely to proactively make suggestions to the company. However, the overall effect is not obvious when consumers have a high level of self-doubt. As a psychological state of consumers that firms can easily manipulate, the effects of power on consumer behavior remain to be explored by the authors.Practical implicationsThe findings of current research suggest that empowering consumers who are less self-doubting can increase their self-confidence, which, in turn, can lead to more active expression and feedback on issues that need improvement in their experience. Thus, companies can enhance consumers' sense of power through some ways, such as using environmental elements to stimulate consumers' sense of power.Originality/valueThere are few studies on how the sense of power affects consumers' voice behavior. Prior work on voice behavior has focused on the perspective of customers' perception of the social exchange relationship between themselves and enterprises. The research explores the strategies suitable for enterprises to promote customer voice behavior from the perspective of the sense of power, and the findings contribute to the research on the sense of power and consumer voice behavior.

Organizational Social Capital: Ties Between HRD, Employee Voice, and CEOs

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise M. Cumberland ◽  
Meera Alagaraja ◽  
Brad Shuck ◽  
Sharon A. Kerrick
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Organizational Social Capital ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms

Growing employee voice increases the likelihood that employees will engage in discretionary efforts to share potentially useful information, express opinions, or concerns about work-related issues to their supervisors and other leaders in the organization. We develop a conceptual model and a series of propositions to examine and analyze the underlying mechanisms that enhance employee voice. Specifically, we identify linkages and connections between human resource development (HRD) practices, organizational social capital (OSC), and the role of CEOs as facilitating environmental or situational mechanisms that have implications on voice behavior. HRD can play a key role in helping employees foster social capital, leading to employee voice in the organization. When CEOs extend their existing internal social networks, and engage in conversations with workers, this dialogue serves as a visible artifact and reverberates across the organization. Our propositions move beyond framing employee-related voice outcomes as a result of either HRD practices or CEO influence. Rather, we postulate an outcome of their interdependent interactions. Implications for HRD research and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals Critical Thinking in Asynchronous Online Discussions: A Systematic Review | La pensée critique dans les discussions asynchrones en ligne : examen systématique

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua DiPasquale ◽  
William Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Instructional Strategies ◽  
Online Discussions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Common Goal ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Online Higher Education ◽  
Asynchronous Online Discussions ◽  
Mise En Pratique

Enhancing critical thinking is a common goal of higher education. Designing and facilitating learning environments in which critical thinking may develop is a key responsibility for instructors. In this paper, we seek to inform future research and practice by investigating instructional strategies that could be used to promote critical and reflective thinking in asynchronous online discussions. Our literature review was qualitative and systematic, and focused specifically on strategies that were effective in fully-online higher education contexts. Thematic analysis was used to synthesize the findings and conclusions from the various studies into recurrent themes and sub-themes. The results of the analysis indicated that practitioners should employ a multi-step approach to facilitating critical thinking and reflection in asynchronous online discussions. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.Améliorer la pensée critique est un objectif courant de l’éducation supérieure. Concevoir et faciliter des environnements d’apprentissage dans lesquels la pensée critique peut se développer est une responsabilité importante pour les instructeurs. Dans cet article, nous cherchons à renseigner les études et les pratiques futures en examinant les stratégies didactiques qui pourraient être utilisées pour promouvoir une pensée critique et réfléchie dans les discussions asynchrones en ligne. Notre examen des publications a été qualitatif et systématique. Il a été particulièrement axé sur les stratégies qui étaient efficaces dans les contextes d’éducation supérieure entièrement en ligne. L’analyse thématique a servi à synthétiser les résultats et les conclusions des différentes études en thèmes et thèmes sous-jacents récurrents. Les résultats de l’analyse indiquent que les intervenants devraient se servir d’une approche en plusieurs étapes pour promouvoir la pensée critique et réfléchie dans les discussions asynchrones en ligne. Une discussion de ce que cela implique pour les recherches et la mise en pratique est incluse.

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