Open AccessEffects of Leaders’ Positive/Negative Emotional Expression on Subordinates’ Voice Behavior: Mediation Effect of Subordinates’ Liking to Superiors
Author(s) -
Wen-Cheng Song,
Xiangqian Zhang,
Serena Giura
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
revista de cercetare şi intervenţie socială
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.129
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 1584-5397
pISSN - 1583-3410
DOI - 10.33788/rcis.64.14
Subject(s) - psychology , mediation , emotional expression , social psychology , employee voice , expression (computer science) , mechanism (biology) , affect (linguistics) , function (biology) , communication , political science , philosophy , epistemology , evolutionary biology , computer science , law , biology , programming language
Employees’ voice could benefit organizational development and progress; however, emotional mechanism to induce such a behavior still requires further research. This study investigates the relations between leaders’ different emotional expression and employees’ voice behavior in China. By investigating 215 pairs of superior-subordinate samples of enterprises in China, it is discovered that leaders’ positive emotional expression could enhance employees’ voice, and the negative emotional expression would negatively affect employees’ voice behavior. Meanwhile, subordinates’ liking to superiors shows partial mediation effects on the effect of leaders’ positive/negative emotional expression on employees’ voice behavior. The research results reveal that leaders emphasize the function of positive emotional expression in organizational management. Future research could further investigate various influential paths and distinguish leaders’ emotional expression.