Status Quos Are Made to be Broken: The Roles of Transformational Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Psychological Empowerment, and Voice Behavior. (April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ilyas, Sehrish; Abid, Ghulam; Ashfaq, Fouzia; Ali, Muhammad; Ali, Wasif
• Is Part Of: SAGE Open. Volume 11:Number 2(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-04
• Subjects: transformational leadership -- employee's voice behavior -- job satisfaction -- psychological empowerment -- parallel mediation model; Social sciences -- Periodicals; 300.5
• DOI: 10.1177/21582440211006734
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2158-2440

Abstract

Employee voice behavior has attained significant attention in contemporary research due to its positive consequences for both workers and employers. Drawing on the social exchange theory, this study examined the mediating role of job satisfaction and psychological empowerment on the relationship between transformational leadership and employee's voice behavior. Data were collected through survey questionnaires by utilizing a three-wave time-lagged study design from employees from diverse private and public sector organizations in Pakistan. The parallel multiple mediation is tested through Hayes's process macro. The results indicate that job satisfaction and psychological empowerment partially mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and employee's voice behavior. Further analysis depicts that both job satisfaction and psychological empowerment leveraged under transformational leadership act as parallel mediators and have no statistical significant difference between them. The theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.