Workplace fun and voice behavior

The mediating role of psychological safety

Bibliographic Data

ID13920312
AuthorsGuodong Yang (0000-0002-9533-2555, Dalian Maritime University, corresponding author), Liyin Wang (0009-0002-7573-7632, Czech Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute)
Year2020
Volume48
Issue11
Pages1-8
Publication date2020-11-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Behavior and Personality An International Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0301-2212 • E-ISSN: 1179-6391
PublisherScientific Journal Publishers Limited (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2224/sbp.9609
OpenAlexW3097054514
LanguageEN
Citations received2

We proposed a theoretical model explaining why workplace fun might enhance the proactive behavior of employee voice, and explored the mediating role of psychological safety in this relationship. Data were collected from a sample of 223 part-time students at three universities located in China, who were taking a Master of Business Administration course. The results of structural equation modeling show that workplace fun had a direct, significantly positive relationship with employee voice behavior, and that there was also an indirect effect through the mediator of psychological safety. These findings shed light on the ways in which workplace fun helps to increase employee voice behavior. Managers of organizations should consider ways to create a work environment that is fun to promote employees' psychological safety and voice behavior. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed

Employee voice · Psychological safety · Sample (material · Structural equation modeling · Work (physics · Work behavior · Applied Psychology · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Engineering · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Humor Studies and Applications · Psychology · Social Psychology

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