How do empowered employees engage in voice behaviors? A moderated mediation model based on work-related flow and supervisors’ emotional expression spin

In-Jo Park*, Tin Doan, Dan Zhu, Peter Beomcheol Kim

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Abstract

The study examines the impact of empowerment on promotive and prohibitive voice behaviors in a moderated mediation model, suggesting work-related flow as a mediator and supervisors’ emotional expression spin as a moderator for hospitality employees based on affective event theory. The proposed model was tested using longitudinal matched data collected from 142 restaurant employees and their supervisors across multiple time stages in China. Analysis found that work-related flow mediated the relationships between empowerment and employee promotive and prohibitive voice behaviors, and supervisor emotional expression spin moderated these mediation links. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings for hospitality researchers and industry practitioners are discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Article number102878
Number of pages10
JournalInternational Journal of Hospitality Management
Volume95
Early online date24 Feb 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2021
Externally publishedYes

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