Revisiting the LMX – Employee Voice Relationship: A Conceptual Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Prince ◽  
M. Kameshwar Rao
Keyword(s):  
Employee Voice ◽  
Conceptual Study ◽  
Voice Relationship

Can subordinate voice prevail with abusive supervision?

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 773-786
Author(s):  
K.V. Gopakumar ◽  
Sweta Singh
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Abusive Supervision ◽  
Resource Acquisition ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Acquisition Strategies ◽  
Present Understanding ◽  
Voice Relationship

Purpose Drawing from conservation of resources (COR) theory, this study aims to explain why certain voice types prevail while other voice types are inhibited in the presence of abusive supervision. Design/methodology/approach This paper surveys extant literature on abusive supervision, employee voice and COR theory and provides propositions linking abusive supervision and types of voice behaviours. Findings The paper develops a conceptual model linking abusive supervision and three types of subordinate voice behaviours – prosocial, defensive and acquiescent voices. It identifies psychological distress as a mediator and locus of control as a moderator to this relationship. Originality/value This paper deepens our present understanding of abusive supervision and voice relationship by explaining why only certain voice types prevail with abusive supervision while others do not. While extant literature concluded abusive supervision only as an inhibitor of voice behaviours, the present study identifies how abusive supervision could both inhibit and motivate different voice behaviours. Further, it links abusive supervision to multiple voice types, diverting from extant literature linking abusive supervision to only constructive voice. Lastly, this study contributes to resource acquisition strategies within COR theory.

LMX and employee voice

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 605-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duanxu Wang ◽  
Chenjing Gan ◽  
Chaoyan Wu
Keyword(s):  
Role Theory ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Role Clarity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Indirect Relationship ◽  
Voice Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating effect of employee psychological empowerment in the leader-member exchange (LMX)-employee voice relationship, and whether role clarity moderated the effect. Design/methodology/approach – A paired questionnaire survey was used to collect data by 295 employees and their supervisors from nine firms in the People’s Republic of China. Findings – The hypothesized moderated mediation model used in this study was supported. Psychological empowerment mediated the positive relationship between LMX and employee voice, and stronger role clarity tends to strengthen this indirect relationship. Originality/value – Few studies have explored the mediating mechanism in the relationship between LMX and employee voice. Based on role theory, this study broadens the research on the LMX-employee voice relationship by introducing employee psychological empowerment as the mediator. This study further explores role clarity as the boundary condition for this indirect relationship.

The effect of coworkers and network centrality on employee voice

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Troester ◽  
Stefan Thau ◽  
Daan van Knippenberg ◽  
Rafael Wittek
Keyword(s):  
Employee Voice ◽  
Network Centrality

Conceptual Study of Power System Stabilization and Supply-Demand Balancing for Expansion of the Introduction of Wind Power Generation in Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Sugihara ◽  
Akihiro Ogawa ◽  
Manabu Kuramoto ◽  
Fumio Ishikawa ◽  
Hideo Yata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Power System ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Wind Power Generation ◽  
Conceptual Study

Impact of Employee Voice on Team Innovativeness through Knowledge Creation

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 101-128
Author(s):  
Jaegun Lee ◽  
Moon－Goo Huh ◽  
Ji Xiang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Employee Voice

Domestic workers’ lived realities of empowerment and disempowerment within the South African labour legislative context: Two sides of the same “coin”

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-83
Author(s):  
Christel Marais ◽  
Christo Van Wyk
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Phenomenological Research ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Employment Relationship ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Employment Standards ◽  
Phenomenological Research Design ◽  
Two Sides ◽  
Elusive Concept

South Africa is heralded as a global ambassador for the rights of domestic workers. Empowerment, however, remains an elusive concept within the sector. Fear-based disempowerment still characterises the employment relationship, resulting in an absence of an employee voice. The dire need to survive renders this sector silent. This article explores the role that legislative awareness can play in the everyday lives of domestic workers. By means of a post-positive, forwardlooking positive psychological and phenomenological research design the researchers sought to access the voiced experiences of domestic workers within their employment context. Consequently, purposive, respondent-driven selfsampling knowledgeable participants were recruited. In-depth interviewing generated the data. The distinct voice of each participant was noted during an open inductive approach to data analysis. Findings indicated that empowerment was an unknown construct for all participants. They lacked the confidence to engage their employers on employment issues. Nevertheless, domestic workers should embrace ownership and endeavour to empower themselves. This would sanction their right to assert their expectations of employment standards with confidence and use the judicial system to bring about compliant actions. The article concludes with the notion that legislative awareness could result in empowered actions though informed employee voices.

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