How Contextual Cues Shape Employee Voice

Abstract

Employee voice, the proactive communication of ideas, suggestions, concerns, or opinions with the intent to improve organizational functioning, has the power to significantly improve both team and organizational performance. Despite the well-documented benefits of encouraging employee voice in organizations, there is relatively little research about how to empower employees to speak up in organizations, or the contextual cues and employee behaviors that can create an organizational context conducive to voice expression, a key antecedent of voice. This symposium is designed to advance organizational research by building a deeper understanding of how contextual cues – manager and employee behaviors and perceptions –shape the voice context. Specifically, we examine how such cues influence the decision to voice or not, as well as reactions to the decision to voice (including voice recognition and endorsement), and related employee outcomes. Microaggressions Suppress Workplace Voice, but Accountability Can Help Presenter: Alexandra Noel Figueroa; U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business Presenter: Amelia Stillwell; U. of Utah Presenter: Tamara Calzado Real; U. of Utah Presenter: Elizabeth R. Tenney; U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business Presenter: Barbara Blair; U. of Utah, David Eccles School of Business How the Changing Nature of Social Hierarchy Impacts Voice Presenter: Patricia Satterstrom; New York U. The Role of Leader Dominance-Orientation in Predicting Voice Endorsement Presenter: Garrett L. Brady; London Business School Presenter: Niro Sivanathan; London Business School Recognizing Silence is Golden: The Role of Managerial Power in Silence Detection Presenter: Yasha Spriha; Robert H. Smith School of Business, U. of Maryland Presenter: Niranjan Srinivasan Janardhanan; London School of Economics Presenter: Taeya Howell; Brigham Young U. Psychological Safety, Workforce Diversity, and Citizenship Behaviors Presenter: Daniel M Cable; London Business School Presenter: Zannie Giraud Voss; Southern Methodist U. Presenter: Glenn Voss; Southern Methodist U.