Open AccessPsychological Safety and Employee Voice in IT Sector: Parallel Mediation Effect of Affective Commitment and Intrinsic Motivation
Author(s) -
Devi Soumyaja,
Jeeva Kuriakose
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ushus journal of business management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0975-3311
DOI - 10.12725/ujbm.53.1
Subject(s) - prosocial behavior , mediation , psychology , intrinsic motivation , social psychology , employee voice , psychological safety , law , political science
The study is an attempt to explain the relationship ofpsychological safety on employee voice behaviour byexamining the mediating role of affective commitmentand intrinsic motivation. A questionnaire was distributedamongst 161 IT professionals through conveniencesampling. Mediation Analysis was used to find the effectof the mediators in influencing the relationship betweenpsychological safety and prosocial voice. The resultsuggested psychological safety is parallelly mediated byboth affective commitment and intrinsic motivation,leading to employee prosocial voice. Intrinsic motivationwas found to have a greater mediating effect thanaffective commitment.