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The Impacts of Digital Leadership on Employee Voice Behaviors: The Mediating Roles of Employee Empowerment and Work Engagement

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Yang, Cuibai, Li, Zhenli, Li, Futian, Li, Hongting·2024·Sage Open

Abstract

This study examines the impact of digital leadership on employee voice behaviors, which are critical for organizations’ success in digital transformation. Using social exchange theory as the model foundation, we conducted a two-wave survey to explore the content and attributes of voice behaviors. Our findings show that digital leadership plays a crucial role in promoting employee voice behaviors, indirectly affecting prohibitive and promotive voice behaviors through employee empowerment. We found that digital leadership increases prohibitive voice behavior through increasing work engagement rather than promotive voice behavior. Additionally, our study reveals that employee empowerment and work engagement do not mediate the chain of effects between digital leadership and promotive voice behavior. This research contributes to the literature on digital leadership, employee voice behaviors, and social exchange theory, providing new insights into the role of digital leadership in promoting employee voice behaviors.

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Authors
Yang, C., Li, Z., Li, F., & Li, H.
Affiliations
  • Sichuan University (CN)
  • Southwest University of Science and Technology (CN)
Corresponding author
Li, Zhenli
Venue
Sage Open
Published
2024-04
Volume
14
Issue
2
ISSN
2158-2440 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4399976658
Cited by
40
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 19 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 3
FWCI
19.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • SAGE Open (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (71872027)
  • International Office of Sichuan University (2022GJYDYL-10)
  • Sichuan Meta Digital Inspection & Testing Ltd (Corporate Project: Research on the construction of)
Topics
  • 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 › Corporate Management and Leadership
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Labor Movements and Unions
Keywords
digital leadership, employee voice behavior, employee empowerment, work engagement, social exchange theory, digital transformation, mediating effect

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