Individual disposition and manager behaviour on employee upward voice: Mediating role of voice self-efficacy

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to model how an employee’s proactive personality and manager’s pro-voice behaviour help to predict employee upward voice. Employee perceived voice efficacy is expected to mediate these links.

Design/methodology/approach

To analyse the data, a confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling procedure using AMOS 22 were used. The mediating role of voice efficacy was tested with bootstrapping method. Data included 625 employees representing various technology firms in India.

Findings

The results showed a significant positive impact of employee proactive personality and manager pro-voice behaviour on employee upward voice. Further, findings suggest significant mediation of employee voice efficacy beliefs in these links.

Originality/value

The study extends employee voice literature from an Indian context, where confronting those in authority is culturally discouraged. Contributing to the scant work on voice self-efficacy, its role as a key mechanism impacting employee upward voice is examined.

Citation

Edakkat Subhakaran, S. and Dyaram, L. (2018), "Individual disposition and manager behaviour on employee upward voice: Mediating role of voice self-efficacy", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, Vol. 26 No. 5, pp. 875-889. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-12-2017-1315