Too unsafe to voice? Authoritarian leadership and employee voice in Chinese organizations
Journal
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources
Journal Volume
58
Journal Issue
4
Pages
527-554
Date Issued
2020
Author(s)
Abstract
Our study aims to explore whether subordinate psychological safety mediates the relationship between authoritarian leadership and subordinate voice and whether supervisor�Vsubordinate guanxi moderates this mediating effect. Using survey research, we obtained supervisor�Vsubordinate dyad data in Taiwan amounting to 171 valid observations. The results reveal that subordinate psychological safety mediates the relationship between authoritarian leadership and subordinate voice and that this mediating effect is weaker for high supervisor�Vsubordinate guanxi than for low supervisor�Vsubordinate guanxi. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications, limitations, and further research directions of this study.
Type
journal article