Led by curiosity and responding with voice: The influence of leader displays of curiosity and leader gender on follower reactions of psychological safety and voice

IF 3.4 2区管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104170

Phillip S. Thompson , Anthony C. Klotz

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Abstract

How curiosity affects other employees—the social side of curiosity at work—is understudied but meaningful given that social learning theory suggests that when leaders display curiosity, it signals to followers that the environment is safe for taking risks associated with being inquisitive at work. At the same time, because displays of curiosity are communal in nature, social role theory and the communality-bonus effect combine to indicate that curiosity’s effects should be stronger for followers of male leaders versus followers of female leaders. Here, we integrate these social theories to explain how and when leader displays of curiosity will increase follower perceptions of psychological safety and subsequent voice. We test and find support for these predictions across four samples of leader-follower dyads, thereby broadening our understanding of the social implications of curiosity at work, demonstrating how curiosity contributes to leader effectiveness, and highlighting how gender shapes the effects of curiosity.

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好奇心引导和声音回应：领导者好奇心和领导者性别的表现对追随者心理安全和声音反应的影响

好奇心如何影响其他员工——工作中好奇心的社会方面——尚未得到充分研究，但鉴于社会学习理论表明，当领导者表现出好奇心时，它向下属发出信号，表明在工作中承担与好奇相关的风险是安全的。同时，由于好奇心的表现在本质上是群体性的，社会角色理论和群体奖励效应结合起来表明，男性领导者的追随者比女性领导者的追随者对好奇心的影响更强。在这里，我们整合这些社会理论来解释领导者的好奇心如何以及何时会增加追随者的心理安全感和随后的发言权。我们在四个领导者-追随者二人组的样本中测试并发现了对这些预测的支持，从而拓宽了我们对好奇心在工作中的社会含义的理解，展示了好奇心如何有助于领导效率，并强调了性别如何塑造好奇心的影响。

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期刊介绍： Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes publishes fundamental research in organizational behavior, organizational psychology, and human cognition, judgment, and decision-making. The journal features articles that present original empirical research, theory development, meta-analysis, and methodological advancements relevant to the substantive domains served by the journal. Topics covered by the journal include perception, cognition, judgment, attitudes, emotion, well-being, motivation, choice, and performance. We are interested in articles that investigate these topics as they pertain to individuals, dyads, groups, and other social collectives. For each topic, we place a premium on articles that make fundamental and substantial contributions to understanding psychological processes relevant to human attitudes, cognitions, and behavior in organizations. In order to be considered for publication in OBHDP a manuscript has to include the following: 1.Demonstrate an interesting behavioral/psychological phenomenon 2.Make a significant theoretical and empirical contribution to the existing literature 3.Identify and test the underlying psychological mechanism for the newly discovered behavioral/psychological phenomenon 4.Have practical implications in organizational context