Cultivating employee obligation for constructive change: the roles of supervisor consultation and managerial openness
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
ISSN: 0143-7739
Article publication date: 14 May 2024
Issue publication date: 19 June 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Supervisor consultation is conducive to promoting employee voice. This research examines an underlying mediating mechanism and a boundary condition that strengthens the influence of supervisor consultation.
Design/methodology/approach
Two-wave survey data were collected from 302 full-time employees. Path analysis was adopted to test the hypotheses.
Findings
Supervisor consultation is positively related to employee voice. Employee felt obligation for constructive change (FOCC) serves as a mediating mechanism. Supervisor consultation is more positively related to employee FOCC and subsequent voice when managerial openness is higher than lower.
Originality/value
This study highlights the incremental mediating effect of FOCC beyond that of two alternative mediators between supervisor consultation and employee voice and the moderating role of managerial openness in affecting the influence of supervisor consultation.
Keywords
Citation
Ning, X., Mao, J.-Y. and Wang, L. (2024), "Cultivating employee obligation for constructive change: the roles of supervisor consultation and managerial openness", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 45 No. 5, pp. 776-791. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-05-2023-0261
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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