| You ask, I may tell: Leaders’ feedback seeking as a mediator of the relationship between authentic leadership and employees’ voice behavior |
Received:October 11, 2017 Revised:October 11, 2017 |
Key Words: authentic leadership; feedback seeking; voice; proactive behavior; mediation |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | Jing Qian | Beijing Normal University | | Baihe Song* | Business School | | Bin Wang | Business School |
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Abstract: |
| Voice behaviour has a potentially important influence, but is usually withheld in the workplace. Given its importance, the question of how to promote voice behaviour is attracting increased interest from scholars and practitioners. In the present study, we proposed and tested a model to examine the impact of authentic leadership on employee voice behaviour. We also tested how authentic leadership exerts its influence on employee voice behaviour. Using data from a sample of 255 supervisor–subordinate dyads, we hypothesized and found that: (a) authentic leadership positively relates to employee voice behaviour; (b) this positive relationship is mediated by leaders’ seeking feedback from their subordinates. We discuss the implications of our findings and provide some directions for future researchers. |
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