Dispositional antecedents of promotive and prohibitive voice

Kakkar, H, Tanirala, S, Srivastava, N and Kamdar, D (2016) Dispositional antecedents of promotive and prohibitive voice. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101 (9). pp. 1342-1351. ISSN 0021-9010 OPEN ACCESS

Abstract

We propose that promotive voice, or the expression of suggestions for improving work practices in the organization, and prohibitive voice, or the expression of warnings about factors that can harm the organization, are differentially influenced by employees’ dispositional inclination to be approach and avoidance oriented. Drawing on multisource survey data from 291 employees and their managers, we found that approach orientation had positive relationship with promotive voice and negative relationship with prohibitive voice. By contrast, avoidance orientation had positive relationship with prohibitive voice and negative relationship with promotive voice. Further, voice role expectations, or employees’ beliefs about the extent to which a particular form of voice is expected from them in their daily work, moderated the effects of approach and avoidance orientations. Highlighting the unique nature of voice as a behavior that is especially sensitive to situational cues, the effects of approach and avoidance orientations on promotive and prohibitive voice were stronger when role expectations for that form of voice were weaker. The theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.

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Item Type: Article
Subject Areas: Organisational Behaviour
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© 2016 American Psychological Association

Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2016 17:22
Date of first compliant deposit: 25 Jul 2016
Subjects: Employee communication
Working environment
Organisational behaviour
Last Modified: 04 Oct 2024 01:29
URI: https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/517
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