Chen, L, Unsworth, KL orcid.org/0000-0002-0826-7565 and Zhang, L (2023) Reciprocal exchange orientation to organization, challenge stressor and construal level: Three-way interaction effects on voice behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. 1119596. ISSN 1664-1078
Abstract
This study extends our understanding of voice behavior by considering a more complete set of reciprocity antecedents. We add employees-organization reciprocal exchange orientation (EO REO) into the antecedent of voice behavior and clarify the boundary condition by examining the joint moderating role of challenge stressors and construal level. The presence of challenge stressors represents a positive work environment, thus employees with a strong EO REO are likely to reciprocate with voice. However, such stressors also lead employees to focus on how to deal with the current challenges, which only aligns with employees who have a low construal level mindset and prefer to think about the details of the job at hand. Hence, we hypothesized that the positive relationship between EO REO and voice behavior in the face of challenge stressors was more likely to exist for employees whose construal level is low rather than high. We collected data from 237 employee-supervisor matched dyads in study 1 and 225 employee-supervisor matched dyads in study 2. These two studies offered support for the three-way interaction hypothesis. Our studies further voice by extending the antecedent and delineating the boundary condition of challenge stressors and construal level.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 Chen, Unsworth and Zhang. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
Keywords: | employees-organization reciprocal exchange orientation (EO REO), voice behavior, challenge stressor, construal level, social exchange theory |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Management Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2023 14:17 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 23:14 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1119596 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:195951 |