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You better watch out: How the supervisor response to worker voice affects promotive voice

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: This study investigates the relationship between worker voice ‐ individual workers speaking up for their own interests ‐ and promotive voice ‐ individual workers speaking up to promote the interests of the organizations that employ them. We apply structural equation modelling to our unique data set on the voice behaviour of workers in the Netherlands (N = 3,159) to test our hypotheses. The results indicate that the supervisor response to worker voice has an indirect effect on promotive voice, suggesting that workers’ experiences with speaking up for their own interests impact their contributions to the functioning of the organization.

Source: International Labour Review

DOI: 10.1111/ilr.12423

Authors: Arjuna SNOEP‐DELLEMAN, Agnes AKKERMAN, Roderick SLUITER, Katerina MANEVSKA

Institutions: Radboud University Nijmegen, University of Amsterdam

Language: English

Topic: Labor Movements and Unions

Subfield: Public Administration

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funder: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek