The Double-Sided Effect of Empowering Leadership on Constructive Voice Behavior: Focusing on the Mediating Effects of Task Significance and Task Overload
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Focusing on job characteristics, this study examined the double-sided effect of empowering leadership on constructive voice behavior. We obtained and analyzed a total of 294 questionnaire responses from pairs of subordinates and supervisors in various industries in Korea. The results supported our hypotheses that task significance and task overload partially mediate the relationship between empowering leadership and constructive voice behavior. Specifically, we found that empowering leadership can promote constructive voice behavior by inducing a recognition of task significance and can suppress constructive voice behavior by causing task overload. These results confirm that empowering leadership indirectly influences constructive voice behavior through job characteristics. These findings have important theoretical and practical implications and highlight directions for future research.
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- Authors
- Tian, X., & Chae, H.
- Affiliations
- Pukyong National University (KR)
- Corresponding author
- Chae, Heesun
- Venue
- Behavioral Sciences
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- MDPI AG
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- 2023-02-16
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- 180
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- 2076-328X (ISSN-L)
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- W4321107963
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- 12
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Human Factors and Ergonomics › Employee Performance and Management
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Keywords
- empowering leadership, task significance, task overload, job characteristics, mediating effect
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