Linking ethical leadership to employee voice: The role of trust

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (8) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jianji Zeng ◽  
Guangyi Xu
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Work Processes ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Supervisor Trust

Ethical leadership is purported to foster employees' extrarole behaviors; however, there have been few empirical studies conducted to verify this effect. Therefore, we examined the relationship between ethical leadership and employees' voice behavior, and the mediating roles of both supervisor and organizational forms of trust in this relationship. Participants were 205 university teachers from 15 universities in China. The results show that ethical leadership positively predicted university teachers' use of voice. Moreover, the relationship of ethical leadership with university teachers' voice behavior was mediated by both supervisor trust and organizational trust. These findings expand the literature on ethical leadership and voice behavior and provide meaningful guidance for managers to encourage employees to make suggestions about ways to improve existing work processes.

The relationship between ethical leadership and employee voice: The roles of error management climate and organizational commitment

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Cheng ◽  
Haiqing Bai ◽  
Caixia Hu
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Error Management ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Practical Implications

AbstractStudies have shown that voice could be utilized as an effective method to improve organizational effectiveness. This study explores the relationship between ethical leadership and employee voice behavior by focusing on the mediating role of the error management climate and the moderating role of the employee's organizational commitment. Analysis of data collected in three phases in China indicates that the error management climate partly mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and voice behavior. Also, organizational commitment is found to moderate the relationship between the error management climate and voice behavior. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

The role of supervisors on employees’ voice behavior

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
SuJin Son
Keyword(s):  
Social Information Processing ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Hierarchical Regression ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Information Processing Theory ◽  
Processing Theory ◽  
Moderating Factors ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeDrawing on social learning theory and social information processing theory, the purpose of this study is to examine how perceived supervisor’s voice behavior relates to employees’ own voice behavior both directly and indirectly through trust in supervisor. In particular, this study also investigates the moderating role of gender in the relationship between trust in supervisor and employee voice behavior. Further, this study proposes that gender moderates the indirect effect of perceived supervisor’s voice behavior on employee voice behavior via trust in supervisor.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed hypothesis was tested by using hierarchical regression analyses and Hayes’ PROCESS macro.FindingsThe results show that perceived supervisor’s voice behavior is positively related to an employee’s own voice behavior and trust in supervisors. In particular, trust in supervisors mediates the relationship between perceived supervisor’s voice behavior and employee’s own voice behavior. Additionally, the relationship between trust in supervisor and employees’ voice behavior was stronger for female employees.Originality/valueThe current study investigates employees’ perception of immediate supervisor’s voice behavior that encourages employees to speak up, thereby providing a more nuanced understanding of the factors that facilitate employee voice behavior. In particular, this study advances the understanding of how and why employees’ perception of supervisors’ voice behavior relates to employees’ voice behavior by examining the mediating and moderating factors.

Leader humility and employee voice: The role of employees’ regulatory focus and voice-role conception

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
XuHui Li ◽  
Mingze Li ◽  
Jingtao Fu ◽  
Asad Ullah
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Style ◽  
Regulatory Focus ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Role Conception ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Leader Humility

In recent years, a bottom-up leadership style has received considerable attention from researchers. However, few empirical studies have been conducted to explore the link between leader humility and employee voice. Drawing on role theory, in this study we examined the relationship between leader humility and employee voice. Using data from 222 employees and their leaders, our results revealed that leader humility was positively related to employee voice. Voice-role conception fully mediated this relationship. Further, we delineate how employees’ regulatory focus moderates the mediated relationship between leader humility and voice, such that when an employee has a high promotion focus or low prevention focus, leader humility will be more positively related to voice via voice-role conception. These findings will provide guidelines for managers promoting employee voice.

A leader indeed is a leader in deed: The relationship of ethical leadership, person–organization fit, organizational trust, and extra-role service behavior

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gökhan Kerse
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Service Behavior ◽  
Multi Level ◽  
Person Organization Fit ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Practical Implications

AbstractIn this study, the effect of ethical leadership on extra-role service behavior, and the role of person–organization fit and organizational trust on this effect were examined. A multi-level research model was established in the research and hypotheses were tested within this model. The data of this research study were obtained from 205 workers of two hospitals (public and private), in a certain province in Turkey. The obtained findings demonstrated that ethical leadership strengthened the trust in the organization both directly and over person–organization fit. Moreover, based on the findings, it was determined that ethical leadership increased extra-role service behavior by means of organizational trust. The theoretical and practical implications of all of the findings were discussed and evaluated in the context of national culture.

scholarly journals Voice More and Stay Longer: How Ethical Leaders Influence Employee Voice and Exit Intentions

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Long W. Lam ◽  
Raymond Loi ◽  
Ka Wai Chan ◽  
Yan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Field Study ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Cognitive Engagement ◽  
Leadership Theory ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Job Engagement ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ethical Leaders

ABSTRACT:Given the importance of voice in ethical leadership theory, we analyze the relationship of ethical leadership to employee voice and the relationship of voice to exit intentions. Building on the theory of work engagement, we further hypothesize that cognitive engagement mediates these proposed relationships. To test these propositions, we conduct a field study to relate ethical leadership of supervisors, measured at time 1, to employees’ cognitive job engagement, measured at time 2. The analyses show that the relationship between these variables can account for supervisory ethical leadership’s association with employee voice and exit intentions. In a supplementary study using a different sample, we find that supervisory ethical leadership is related to exit intentions through voice. We discuss how these findings contribute to the literature on ethical leadership, employee voice, and exit.

scholarly journals PROBLEMS OF COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL LINGUISTIC AND LINGUISTIC TYPOLOGY

2018 ◽  
pp. 38-57
Author(s):  
V. Litiaga
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Tenth Century ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Bilateral Relations ◽  
Conceptual Aspect ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

The article analyzes basic scientific approaches to the interpretation of the terms of «linguoculturology», «linguistic conceptology» and «linguistic concept». We consider the relationship of language and culture, and the role of the term «concept» in this regard. In the article we structured the term «concept» from a linguocultural point of view. These theoretical considerations are the basis for the study of ways and mean of forming a conceptual image of Kyiv Rus in the French medieval linguistic cultural picture of the world. The aim of this article is to examine the influence of the country’s image on shaping the bilateral relations between Ukraine and France in a linguocultural conceptual aspect. The article reveals the main semantic and linguoconceptual aspects of medieval French culture. It shows the links between historical and actual aspects of the conceptual sphere in the formation of public opinion in contemporary international relations. Despite the increasing interest of the scholars in the influence that the image of country may have on bilateral relations, this topic has been under‐researched. This article presents the author’s insights based on theoretical and empirical studies that could shed some new light on this important topic. By looking at the «linguocultural» aspect of the relationship between Kyiv Rus and France in the Medieval times the article gives a basic analysis of the process of country image formation since the tenth century and its impact on present times. The article also provides a basis for further linguistic research of this topic.

scholarly journals The Problem-Based Learning Approach towards Developing Soft Skills: A Systematic Review

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sadia Deep ◽  
Ali Ahmed ◽  
Nazia Suleman ◽  
Muhammad Zahid Abbas ◽  
Uzma Naza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Soft Skills ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
And Training

In this paper, we review systematically the role of problem-based learning (PBL) in developing soft skills in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and other fields of studies. The Systematic Literature Review (SLR) includes the most recent empirical, review, and conceptual studies from TVET and other multiple fields of studies including medicine, humanities, and engineering between the years of 2001 and 2016 collected from four databases. A qualitative method was used to accomplish the systematic review. After the collection of articles, the selected studies were analyzed through thematic analysis. From this review, we concluded that PBL as an instructional approach has a significant role in the development of soft skills among students of various disciplines including TVET; empirical evidence is predominantly conclusive in identifying the acquisitions of various soft skills including communication skills, conflict resolution skills, leadership skills, and interpersonal skills, and finally, several factors might influence the relationship of PBL and soft skills such as duration and process of PBL instruction, role of facilitator, and awareness and training of learners. Moreover, there are fewer number of empirical studies on the role and effects of PBL approach to developing soft skills in TVET.

scholarly journals Ethical Leadership and Young University Teachers’ Work Engagement: A Moderated Mediation Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianji Zeng ◽  
Guangyi Xu
Keyword(s):  
Work Engagement ◽  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Organizational Trust ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Young Teachers

This paper aims to examine the mediating role of organizational trust in the relationship between ethical leadership and young teachers’ work engagement, and the moderating effect of supervisor–subordinate (S–S) guanxi. S–S guanxi is a special interpersonal relationship in Chinese organizations. The sample in this study comprises 205 young teachers from 15 Chinese universities. The results reveal that organizational trust mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and young teachers’ work engagement. Moreover, S–S guanxi strengthens the positive relationship between organizational trust and young teachers’ work engagement, and the indirect effect of ethical leadership on young teachers’ work engagement through organizational trust. Based upon these findings, several theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Supportive leadership and EVB

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mervat Elsaied
Keyword(s):  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Preliminary Evidence ◽  
Proactive Personality ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Employee Voice ◽  
Voice Behavior ◽  
Supportive Leadership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between supportive leadership and employee voice behavior by examining the mediating role of employee advocacy, and the moderating role of proactive personality.Design/methodology/approachThe model was tested by using data that were collected from 402 supervisors, and 87 subordinates who were working in 6 firms belonging to the stone and Glass sector, in the Tenth Ramadan city, Egypt. The employees and their immediate supervisors provided data on separated questionnaires, and different occasions. Then, an identification number was used by the author to match each employee questionnaire with the response of his/ her immediate supervisor.FindingsThe results revealed that employee advocacy fully mediated the positive relationship between supportive leadership and employee voice behavior. Also, it also found that proactive personality moderated the relationship between supportive leadership and employee voice behavior, such that the relationship was stronger for people lower rather than higher in proactive personality.Originality/valueThis empirical paper provides preliminary evidence of the mediating effect of employee advocacy in the positive relationship between supportive leadership and employee voice behavior. The model extends the existing results by adding substantive moderate proactive personality to explain how the effect of supportive leadership on employee voice behavior.

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