Open AccessLinking Colleague Support to Employees’ Promotive Voice: A Moderated Mediation Model
Author(s) -
Xiao Xie,
ChuDing Ling,
Shenjiang Mo,
Kun Luan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0132123
Subject(s) - obligation , constructive , psychology , mediation , social psychology , employee voice , moderated mediation , applied psychology , computer science , sociology , political science , process (computing) , social science , law , operating system
Promotive voice is essential for improving team and organization performance. Yet in the current literature, less was known regarding the psychological reasons why people engage in promotive voice. Through the lens of social exchange, we proposed that employees who received support from colleagues may develop higher level of felt obligation for constructive change which leads to promotive voice. Analyses of multi-source data from 51 cross-functional sources (51 team supervisors and 162 employees) showed that employees’ felt obligation for constructive change positively mediates the relationship between colleague support and promotive voice behavior. Moreover, the impact of colleague support on felt obligation for constructive change is stronger when there is a low level of subgroup formation in the team. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed.