Transformational leadership and change related voice behavior
Abstract
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between transformational leadership and voice during the change-planning process. The authors propose a moderated mediation model to investigate the relationship between voice, other change-related variables, and the boundary conditions of transformational leadership. Design/methodology/approach: – The authors collected survey data from 124 employees and their leaders in a medical technology company in Norway. The organization was planning a major restructuring of its working procedures. The authors analyzed the data using PROCESS and a fixed effect approach. Findings: – The results suggest that transformational leadership has no effect on change-related voice (CRV) by itself. However, there is an indirect effect through affective commitment to change. This effect is conditional on the employees’ level of perceived change impact. Research limitations/implications: – The paper is limited by the cross-sectional design of the study. Other potential limitations are discussed. Originality/value: – The paper is the first to explore the relationship between transformational leadership and CRV, and is thus interesting for practitioners who wish to increase the level of CRV from their employees. Furthermore, researchers interested in organizational change and proactivity constructs such as voice will also find the paper valuable.
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- Authors
- Svendsen, M., & Joensson, T. S.
- Affiliations
- Aarhus University (DK)
- ORCID
- Svendsen, Mari
- Venue
- Leadership & Organization Development Journal
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 2016-05-03
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 357-368
- ISSN
- 0143-7739 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2337610704
- Cited by
- 52
- References
- 40
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 8.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Leadership & Organization Development Journal (publishedVersion)
- Scopus (Elsevier) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Organizational Change and Leadership
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Organizational Management and Change
- Keywords
- transformational leadership, organizational change, affective commitment to change, organizational restructuring, employee voice, medical device manufacturers
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