Why Am I Willing to Speak Up? The Impact of Spiritual Leadership on Employee Voice Behavior

Frontiers in Psychology

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Xuhua Yang¹  Yuchen Meng¹  Yong Qiu²  Yaqian Feng³ 

[1] School of Labor Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business;Business School, Beijing Technology and Business University;China International Engineering Consulting Corporation

关键词: spiritual leadership;    employee voice behavior;    career success expectation;    felt obligation;    China;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02718

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The sustainability of organizations highlights the significance of inspiring employees, especially their inner lives or spiritual identities, and leaders play a vital role. Consistent with social cognitive theory, the purpose of this paper is to explore the linking mechanisms and conditional processes underlying the relationship between spiritual leadership and employee voice behavior. Three-wave survey data were collected from 366 full-time employees and their line managers, and a moderated mediation analysis was performed. The results show that career success expectation fully mediates the relationship between spiritual leadership and employee voice behavior. Additionally, felt obligation is found to indirectly strengthen the effect of spiritual leadership on employee voice behavior via career success expectation. In light of the results, practical implications are provided for managers and future researchers to enhance the sustainability of organizations.

【 授权许可】

CC BY