The High-Performance Work System, Employee Voice, and Innovative Behavior: The Moderating Role of Psychological Safety

Rentao Miao, Lu Lu, Yi Cao and Qing Du
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Rentao Miao: School of Labor Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070, China
Lu Lu: School of Labor Economics, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070, China
Yi Cao: School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
Qing Du: School of Foreign Studies, Capital University of Economics and Business, Beijing 100070, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 4, 1-17

Abstract: In this study, we examined the associations of the high-performance work system (HPWS) with employee innovative behavior, and tested a theoretical model in which these associations were mediated by employee voice (promotive and prohibitive voice) and moderated by psychological safety. Matched data were collected from 46 HR (Human Resource) managers and 374 full-time employees from 46 companies in China with multi-source and time-lagged techniques. We found that the HPWS is associated with employee behavior. Both the promotive voice and prohibitive voice partially mediate the relationship between HPWS and employee innovative behavior. Psychological safety moderates the relationship between HPWS and the promotive voice. However, psychological safety does not moderate the relationship between HPWS and the prohibitive voice. Furthermore, psychological safety moderates the mediation effect of the promotive voice between HPWS and employee innovative behavior. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings.

Keywords: high-performance work system; employee innovative behavior; voice behavior; psychological safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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