Co‐workers' voice climate and affective commitment towards the team: A test of mediation and moderation. (26th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ohana, Marc; Stinglhamber, Florence
• Is Part Of: Human resource management journal. Volume 29:Number 3(2019)
• Page Start: 395
• Page End: 412
• Publication Date: 2019-03-26
• Subjects: LMX -- organisational justice -- social exchange -- team commitment -- TMX -- voice; Personnel management -- Periodicals; 658.3
• DOI: 10.1111/1748-8583.12232
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0954-5395

Abstract

Abstract: This article examines the consequences of co‐workers' voice climate, defined as a shared perception regarding how individuals who work together within the same unit and who do not have formal authority over each other judge the ability to participate in decision making inside teams. We argue that co‐workers' voice climate may influence individuals' perception of quality of social exchange with the team, operationalised through team–member exchange. These high‐quality exchanges with the team should, in turn, promote higher individual affective commitment towards the team. Furthermore, we hypothesised that the social exchange with the supervisor, operationalised through leader–member exchange, buffers the effect of co‐workers' voice climate on team–member exchange. These hypotheses were tested using a sample of 183 employees belonging to 31 teams. Our findings supported the theoretical model that was proposed, attesting to the importance of considering co‐workers' justice climate in the prediction of individual work attitudes. The theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.