Supportive leadership, proactive personality and employee voice behavior

Mervat Mohamed Elsaied

American Journal of Business, 2019, vol. 34, issue 1, 2-18

Abstract: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of psychological safety in the relationships among supportive leadership, proactive personality and employee voice behavior. Design/methodology/approach - The data were collected from 268 employees, and 56 were their immediate supervisors, in three Egyptian companies belonging to footwear and headgear sector. Employees and their immediate supervisors provided data on separate questionnaires and different occasions; an identification number was used to match each employee’s questionnaire with the response of his/her immediate supervisor. Findings - The results indicated that both supportive leadership and proactive personality had a positive and significant effect on voice behavior. In addition, the results showed that psychological safety fully mediated the relationships among supportive leadership, proactive personality and employee voice behavior. Originality/value - This study contributes to the literature by linking supportive leadership, proactive personality and employee voice behavior. It clarifies how and why supportive leadership and proactive personality can stimulate voice behavior.

Keywords: Proactive personality; Supportive leadership; Psychological safety; Employee voice behaviour (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1108/AJB-01-2017-0004

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