%A RONG Yan, SUI Yang, JIANG Jing %T The effects of leader power and status on employees’ voice behavior:The role of psychological safety %0 Journal Article %D 2022 %J Acta Psychologica Sinica %R 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2022.00549 %P 549-565 %V 54 %N 5 %U {https://journal.psych.ac.cn/acps/CN/abstract/article_4995.shtml} %8 2022-05-25 %X

Through two experiments (Studies 1 and 2), and one multi-source, multi-wave field survey (Study 3), we found that leader power has a negative effect on subordinates’ voice behaviors; leader status has a positive effect on subordinates’ voice behaviors; leader status moderates the influence of leader power on subordinates' voice behaviors. When leader status is low, the negative effect of leader power on subordinates' voice behaviors is strengthened; otherwise, it is not significant. The moderating effect of leader status on power is transferred to subordinates' voice behavior through subordinates' psychological safety. Our findings shed light on how organizational hierarchy bases, such as power and status, influence subordinates' voice behavior.