This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Research Center based on the original study. Dr. Katie Haejung Kim, Dr. Yan Qu, and Dr. Adam Saffer examined how information-sharing networks may impact employees’ voicing behavior (i.e., when an employee chooses to share opinions, concerns, or ideas with leaders on work-related or organizational issues aimed … Continue reading How Can Developing Information-Sharing Networks Engage Employees in the Workplace?
This summary is provided by the IPR Organizational Communication Center. Summary Enterprise social media (ESM) refers to web-based platforms that enable employees to post, view information, and interact with everyone in organizations. This study examined why and when ESM can foster employee innovation in the workplace. ESM enables high levels of communication visibility (the extent … Continue reading Does WeChat Use Impact Employee Innovation?
Author(s), Title and Publication Hussain, I., Shu, R., Tangirala, S., & Ekkirala, S. (2019). The voice bystander effect: How information redundancy inhibits employee voice. Academy of Management Journal, 62(3), p 828-849. Summary The popular proverbial “elephant in the room” and the fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes” speak to observers’ silence in pointing out something that … Continue reading The voice bystander effect: How information redundancy inhibits employee voice
Author(s), Title and Publication Wijaya, N. H. S. (2019). Proactive Personality, LMX, and Voice Behavior: Employee–Supervisor Sex (Dis) similarity as a Moderator. Management Communication Quarterly, 33(1), 86-100. doi: 10.1177/0893318918804890 Summary Employees’ voice behavior refers to employees’ verbal communication that usually challenges the status quo in order to enhance the work environment. Research suggests that employees’ voice behavior … Continue reading Proactive Personality, LMX, and Voice Behavior: Employee–Supervisor Sex (Dis)similarity as a Moderator