A Cross-level Analysis of Motivation Internalization of the Effect of PaternalisticLeadership on Voice Behavior——The Moderating Effect of Mediocre Thinking

Abstract

Abstract: As an extra role organizational citizen behavior, the employee voice facilitates corporations to avoid risks, boost performance, innovation as well as reform. As a result, how to encourage voice behavior has become an urgent need for corporations in the fierce competition. This paper discusses the motivation internalization of voice behavior from paternalistic leadership, analysing the moderating effect of a Confucian concept-mediocre thinking on this process. The empirical study shows complete mediation effects of perceived organizational support and psychological safety between paternalistic leadership and voice behavior.The results also reveal that compared to perceived organizational support, psychological safety is the necessary condition to encourage voice behavior. Moreover, there is a significant effect of the moderator of mediocre thinking on perceived organizational support, buttheeffect on psychological safetyis insignificant. This cross-level study assists us to understand the trigger, cognition and decision-making mechanism of voice behavior as well as the adaptation of this concept in the management of Chinese enterprises.

Key words: Voice Behavior, Paternalistic Leadership, Perceived Organizational Support, Psychological Safety, Mediocre Thinking

摘要： 员工建言作为角色外组织公民行为,有助于企业规避风险、提升组织绩效与创新绩效,推动组织变革。本文探究建言行为的激励内化过程与机制,考察领导、个体和文化价值观三个层面要素在此过程中的作用效果与范围,并展开实证检验。结果表明:家长式领导通过上司支持感和心理安全感间接影响员工建言,其中心理安全感是建言行为发生的决定性因素;中庸思维正向调节上司支持感与建言行为之间的关系,高中庸水平的员工更容易在上司支持感的作用下提出促进型建言,而这一调节效应在心理安全感和建言行为的关系中并不显著。本文采用的跨层次研究有助于理解建言行为的触发、认知和决策过程以及建言理论本土文化的适用性。

关键词: 建言行为, 家长式领导风格, 上司支持感, 心理安全感, 中庸思维

CLC Number:

F713.55

MA Peng, CAI Shuangli. A Cross-level Analysis of Motivation Internalization of the Effect of PaternalisticLeadership on Voice Behavior——The Moderating Effect of Mediocre Thinking[J]. , 2018, 34(7): 88-96.

马鹏,蔡双立. 家长式领导对员工建言行为激励内化机制研究——中庸思维调节下的跨层次分析[J]. 财经论丛, 2018, 34(7): 88-96.

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