Exploring the Influence of Ethical Leadership on Voice Behavior: How Leader-Member Exchange, Psychological Safety and Psychological Empowerment Influence Employees' Willingness to Speak Out.Front Psychol. 2018; 9:1718.FP
Abstract
The study of voice behavior examines the inclination of staff and team members to speak up and contribute ideas to the team. In this article, we investigate how factors such as leader-member exchange (LMX), psychological safety and psychological empowerment influence such behavior. Our findings, which are based on a sample of 308 employees working for a state-owned telecommunications company in China, indicate that ethical leadership promotes employees' voice behavior through enhanced LMX, which also leads to greater feelings of psychological safety and psychological empowerment. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.
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eng
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30258392
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Hu, Yixin, et al. "Exploring the Influence of Ethical Leadership On Voice Behavior: How Leader-Member Exchange, Psychological Safety and Psychological Empowerment Influence Employees' Willingness to Speak Out." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 9, 2018, p. 1718.
Hu Y, Zhu L, Zhou M, et al. Exploring the Influence of Ethical Leadership on Voice Behavior: How Leader-Member Exchange, Psychological Safety and Psychological Empowerment Influence Employees' Willingness to Speak Out. Front Psychol. 2018;9:1718.
Hu, Y., Zhu, L., Zhou, M., Li, J., Maguire, P., Sun, H., & Wang, D. (2018). Exploring the Influence of Ethical Leadership on Voice Behavior: How Leader-Member Exchange, Psychological Safety and Psychological Empowerment Influence Employees' Willingness to Speak Out. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 1718. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01718
Hu Y, et al. Exploring the Influence of Ethical Leadership On Voice Behavior: How Leader-Member Exchange, Psychological Safety and Psychological Empowerment Influence Employees' Willingness to Speak Out. Front Psychol. 2018;9:1718. PubMed PMID: 30258392.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring the Influence of Ethical Leadership on Voice Behavior: How Leader-Member Exchange, Psychological Safety and Psychological Empowerment Influence Employees' Willingness to Speak Out.
AU - Hu,Yixin,
AU - Zhu,Liping,
AU - Zhou,Mengmeng,
AU - Li,Jie,
AU - Maguire,Phil,
AU - Sun,Haichao,
AU - Wang,Dawei,
Y1 - 2018/09/12/
PY - 2018/05/15/received
PY - 2018/08/24/accepted
PY - 2018/9/28/entrez
PY - 2018/9/28/pubmed
PY - 2018/9/28/medline
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KW - leader-member exchange
KW - psychological empowerment
KW - psychological safety
KW - voice behavior
SP - 1718
EP - 1718
JF - Frontiers in psychology
JO - Front Psychol
VL - 9
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