Employee Strengths Mindset and Voice Behavior: The Roles of General Self-Efficacy and Leader–Member Exchange

Feng Liu, Jun Liu () and He Ding
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Feng Liu: School of Business, Renmin University of China, 59 Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100872, China
Jun Liu: School of Management, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan 430070, China
He Ding: School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University, No. 2, Bei Nong Road, Changping District, Beijing 102206, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 15, 1-14

Abstract: The current paper aimed to explore the linkage between employee strengths mindset and voice behavior, and considered the mediating roles of general self-efficacy and leader–member exchange (LMX) in the relationship. We collected data from 556 participants from various Chinese organizations with a multi-wave design. The results of structural equation modelling analysis showed that employee strengths mindset has a positive association with voice behavior, and employee general self-efficacy and LMX, respectively, mediate the relationship between strengths mindset and voice behavior. More importantly, employee general self-efficacy and LMX also simultaneously mediate the relationship between strengths mindset and voice behavior. The current study is the first to investigate the employee strengths mindset–voice behavior linkage, and reveals the cognitive and relational mechanisms underlying the strengths mindset and voice behavior relationship.

Keywords: strengths mindset; general self-efficacy; leader–member exchange; voice behavior; strengths-based approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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