Authentic Leadership and Employee Voice Behavior: The Effect of Chinese Employees' Zhongyong Thinking

S. Kim, G. Noh and S. Miao
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G. Noh: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School

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Abstract: Purpose: Employee voice behavior is an important source of corporate competitiveness but employees often face difficulties in voicing their opinions. This research analyzes how authentic leadership may increase psychological safety perceived by employees, consequently encouraging employees to actively share their ideas. In addition, the authors explore the unique concept of Zhongyong thinking, a way of thinking that is common in cultures rooted in Confucianism. The authors analyze how Zhongyong thinking may affect the relationship between psychological safety and employee voice behavior. Design/methodology/approach: For the empirical analysis of authentic leadership and employee voice behavior in the Chinese context, the authors distributed surveys to employees working in various different industries in various provinces in China. The authors distributed 250 surveys in total and 213 surveys were used for analyses. Findings: The authors' empirical analyzes illustrate that authentic leadership increases employee voice behavior, partially mediated by psychological safety. The authors also analyzed how psychological safety's effect on employee voice behavior could be moderated by Zhongyong thinking. The results demonstrate that the effect of psychological safety on voice behavior is weaker when employees are capable of exercising Zhongyong thinking. Originality/value: Zhongyong thinking is still a relatively new concept that has not been studied thoroughly, and to the authors' knowledge, Zhongyong thinking has never been studied as a moderator in the relationship between psychological safety and employee voice behavior. © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited.

Keywords: Authentic leadership; Employee voice behavior; Psychological safety; Zhongyong thinking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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Published in International Journal of Organization Theory and Behavior, 2022, 25 (3-4), pp.167--185. ⟨10.1108/IJOTB-01-2022-0016⟩

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DOI: 10.1108/IJOTB-01-2022-0016

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