Transformational leadership and employee voice behavior: A Pygmalion mechanism

Duan, Jinyun; Li, Chenwei; Xu, Yue; Wu, Chia-huei

doi:10.1002/job.2157

Transformational leadership and employee voice behavior: A Pygmalion mechanism

Duan, Jinyun; Li, Chenwei; Xu, Yue; Wu, Chia-huei

Authors

Jinyun Duan

Chenwei Li

Yue Xu

Chia-huei Wu

Abstract

We theorized and examined a Pygmalion perspective beyond those proposed in past studies in the relationship between transformational leadership and employee voice behavior. Specifically, we proposed that transformational leadership influences employee voice through leaders' voice expectation and employees' voice role perception (i.e., Pygmalion mechanism). We also theorized that personal identification with transformational leaders influences the extent to which employees internalize leaders' external voice expectation as their own voice role perception. In a time‐lagged field study, we found that leaders' voice expectation and employees' voice role perception (i.e., the Pygmalion process) mediate the relationship between transformational leadership and voice behavior. In addition, we found transformational leadership strengthens employees' personal identification with the leader, which in turn, as a moderator, amplifies the proposed Pygmalion process. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Citation

Duan, J., Li, C., Xu, Y., & Wu, C. (2017). Transformational leadership and employee voice behavior: A Pygmalion mechanism. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 38(5), 650-670. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2157

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Oct 6, 2016
Online Publication Date	Nov 7, 2016
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2017
Deposit Date	Jul 13, 2018
Publicly Available Date	Nov 7, 2018
Journal	Journal of Organizational Behavior
Print ISSN	0894-3796
Electronic ISSN	1099-1379
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	38
Issue	5
Pages	650-670
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2157
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1325877
Related Public URLs	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/68035/7/Wu_Transformational%20leadership%20behaviour_2016_author_LSERO.pdf

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Duan, Jinyun, Li, Chenwei, Xu, Yue & Wu, Chia-huei (2017). Transformational leadership and employee voice behavior: A Pygmalion mechanism. Journal of Organizational Behavior 38(5): 650-670, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2157. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.