How employees learn to speak up from their leaders: Gender congruity effects in the development of voice self-efficacy. | Zendy

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How employees learn to speak up from their leaders: Gender congruity effects in the development of voice self-efficacy.

Author(s) -

Thomas Taiyi Yan,

Subrahmaniam Tangirala,

Abhijeet K. Vadera,

Srinivas Ekkirala

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of applied psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.522

H-Index - 284

eISSN - 1939-1854

pISSN - 0021-9010

DOI - 10.1037/apl0000892

Subject(s) - psycinfo , viewpoints , psychology , employee voice , social psychology , social cognitive theory , variety (cybernetics) , work (physics) , applied psychology , public relations , medline , mechanical engineering , art , artificial intelligence , political science , computer science , law , visual arts , engineering

Voice-or the expression of ideas, concerns, or opinions on work issues by employees-can help organizations thrive. However, we highlight that men and women differ in their voice self-efficacy, or the personal confidence in formulating and articulating work-related viewpoints. Such differences, we argue, can impede women's voice from emerging at work. Drawing on social cognitive theory (SCT), we propose that women tend to develop greater voice self-efficacy and thereby speak up more when they have the opportunity to observe female rather than male leaders speak up. Hence, we point to the potential absence of women leaders who can role model speaking up at work as a likely inhibiter of women's voice. Using data from a correlational field study involving 368 employees and their leaders from a variety of industries in India and an experimental study in an online panel of 546 US-based workers, we found support for our hypotheses. We discuss the implications of our research for theory and practice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).

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