Toward an integration of research on employee voice

Abstract

Introduction: Employee voice refers to all of the ways and means through which employees attempt to have a say about, and influence, their work and the functioning of their organization (Bashshur & Oc, 2015; Wilkinson, Dundon, Donaghey, & Freeman, 2014; Morrison, 2014). Voice can cover a range of different domains and topics (e.g. working conditions, compensation, policies and procedures, work methods) and can occur through a variety of mechanisms: formal and informal, direct and indirect, individual and collective. Employee voice is a topic of central interest to scholars in human resource management (HRM), industrial relations (IR), and organizational behaviour (OB).