Supportive leadership, proactive personality and employee voice behavior

IF 1.1 Q4 BUSINESS American Journal of Business Pub Date : 2019-04-09 DOI:10.1108/AJB-01-2017-0004

Mervat Elsaied

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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.

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支持性领导，主动性人格和员工建言行为

目的研究心理安全在支持性领导、主动性人格和员工建言之间的中介作用。设计/方法/方法数据来自三家埃及鞋类和头饰行业公司的268名员工，其中56名是他们的直接主管。员工和直接主管分别在不同的问卷和不同的场合提供数据;使用识别号码将每个员工的问卷与其直接主管的回答相匹配。研究结果表明，支持性领导和主动性人格对建言均有显著的正向影响。此外，心理安全在支持性领导、主动性人格和员工建言之间的关系中起着完全中介作用。独创性/价值本研究通过将支持性领导、主动性人格和员工建言联系起来，为文献做出了贡献。它阐明了支持性领导和主动性人格如何以及为什么会刺激建言。

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