Brooks, S. orcid.org/0000-0003-4132-6587 and Wilkinson, A. orcid.org/0000-0001-7231-2861 (2022) Employee voice as a route to wellbeing. In: Brough, P., Gardiner, E. and Daniels, K., (eds.) Handbook on Management and Employment Practices. Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences, HDBSOHS 3 . Springer International Publishing , pp. 351-368. ISBN 9783030290092
Abstract
For many years, evidence has been growing to indicate that subjective well-being is linked to higher worker productivity. However, it has only been more recently that an absence of voice, known as silence, has been linked to a reduction in well-being and productivity. Therefore, this chapter presents an up-to-date review of theoretical perspectives drawn from organizational behavior (OB), employment relations (ER), and human resource management (HRM) literature to highlight the motivations and outcomes that underpin voice about wellbeing. Analyzed across three levels, the societal level (macro), the organizational or departmental level (meso), and the individual level (micro), it can be seen that the traditional focus of organizations has been on collective well-being rather than individual well-being. Yet, if we are to truly encourage worker voice about well-being, we suggest that there must be a greater focus on how individuals, managers, and HR departments can create an organization capable of responding to voice about individual well-being. Serving not only to deepen our understanding of voice about well-being, this chapter also highlights significant gaps in the literature and suggests important avenues for further research. Importantly, we highlight one key question which deserves more attention: Whose responsibility is voice about well-being?
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. This is an author-produced version of a book chapter subsequently published in Handbook on Management and Employment Practices. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Voice; Wellbeing; Human resources; Psychological safety; Job demands-resources |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2023 10:51 |
Last Modified: | 25 Feb 2024 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer International Publishing |
Series Name: | Handbook Series in Occupational Health Sciences |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-3-030-29010-8_16 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:204549 |