Abstract

This study examined the effects of pro-social motivation, political skill, and voice behavior on leader-member exchange (LMX). First, we examined the relationships between prosocial motivation and voice behavior. Second, the study investigated the mediating role of voice behavior underpinning the relationship between prosocial motivation and LMX. In addition, political skill was tested as a moderator of prosocial motivation-voice behavior relationship. Data were collected from 269 full-time employees and their immediate supervisor in Taiwan from 68 different companies in different industries. We conducted a series of hierarchical regression and developed a moderated mediation model to test our hypotheses. Results indicated that prosocial motivation was positively related to voice behavior. In addition, voice behavior mediated the relationship between prosocial motivation and LMX. For the moderating effect, the higher political skill, the stronger the influence of prosocial motivation on voice behavior. Furthermore, political skill moderated the strength of the mediated relationship between prosocial motivation and LMX via voice behavior, such that the mediated relationship is stronger under high political skill. Some academic and managerial implications were discussed.

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