Publication Date
2019
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Debra Steele-Johnson, Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Nathan Bowling, Ph.D. (Committee Member); Corey Miller, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
When employees are dissatisfied, they can choose a destructive solution such as quitting, or they can use voice to effect organizational change. A sample of 277 full-time employees in the United States responded to an online survey of voice, ethical leadership, core self-evaluation, proactive personality, affective commitment, and several control variables. Results from simple, multiple, and hierarchical regression analyses indicated that ethical leadership, core self-evaluation, and proactive personality have positive relationships with voice. In addition, ethical leadership facilitates voice through the path of affective commitment. Proactive personality compensates for low levels of affective commitment. Thus, managers can increase voice among employees lower in proactive personality by increasing affective commitment. Increasing perceived, actual, or awareness of ethical leadership could increase voice among employees with a wider range of scores on proactive personality.
Page Count
120
Department or Program
Department of Psychology
Year Degree Awarded
2019
Copyright
Copyright 2019, all rights reserved. My ETD will be available under the "Fair Use" terms of copyright law.
