ISSN 1671-3710
CN 11-4766/R
主办:中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理科学进展 ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 697-708.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1042.2023.00697

• 研究构想 •    下一篇

领导纳谏内涵及其对工作行为的影响:基于调节焦点理论的视角

肖素芳, 徐正丽()   

  1. 桂林电子科技大学商学院, 广西 桂林 541004
  • 收稿日期:2022-10-20 出版日期:2023-05-15 发布日期:2023-02-13
  • 通讯作者: 徐正丽 E-mail:16831603@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金青年项目(72102055);广西自然科学基金青年项目(2021GXNSFBA220048)

Conceptualization of voice-taking and its effect on work behaviors: From the perspective of regulatory focus theory

XIAO Sufang, XU Zhengli()   

  1. School of Business, Guilin University of Electronic Technology, Guilin 541004, China
  • Received:2022-10-20 Online:2023-05-15 Published:2023-02-13
  • Contact: XU Zhengli E-mail:16831603@qq.com

摘要:

领导纳谏自古有之, 它对组织的发展与成功至关重要。通过对领导纳谏的概念、影响因素和影响结果的详细综述发现, 现有研究缺乏对领导纳谏内涵的关注, 且聚焦于对领导纳谏影响因素的探讨, 这不利于我们深入理解领导纳谏的概念内涵及其作用机制。领导纳谏是一种深思熟虑的认知过程, 但同时作为一种有意识的行为, 它也是一种受动机驱动的目的性行为。本文从领导纳谏的动机视角出发, 基于调节焦点理论系统地探讨领导纳谏的内涵及其效应机制。具体而言, 根据领导纳谏的动机和调节焦点理论, 领导纳谏可以被划分为促进型纳谏和防御型纳谏两个子维度, 同时将从个体和团队两个方面来探讨促进型纳谏和防御型纳谏对员工建言行为和团队创新的不同影响机制, 为领导纳谏研究提供全新视角。

关键词: 促进型纳谏, 防御型纳谏, 调节焦点, 建言行为, 团队创新

Abstract:

Voice-taking is originated from the ancient time and it’s crucial for the growth and success of an organization. This paper dealt with a detailed review on the concept, antecedents and outcomes of voice-taking. It found that existing studies paid less attention to the connotation of voice-taking and focused on discussing the antecedents of voice-taking, which were not conducive to in-depth understanding of the connotation and effects of voice-taking. Voice-taking is a deliberate cognitive process. Meanwhile, as a conscious behavior, it’s also a goal-directed behavior driven by motivation. From the perspective of motivation of voice-taking, this paper systematically explores the connotation of voice-taking and its effect mechanisms based on the regulatory focus theory. Specifically, according to motivation perspective and regulatory focus theory, voice-taking may include two sub-dimensions: promotive voice-taking and preventive voice-taking. At the individual level, promotive voice-taking and preventive voice-taking have different effect mechanisms on promotive voice and prohibitive voice. Promotive voice-taking has a positive effect on employees’ promotive voice by stimulating their felt responsibility for constructive change, while preventive voice-taking has a positive effect on employees’ prohibitive voice by enhancing their psychological safety. Meanwhile, according to regulatory fit theory, employees’ regulatory focus trait is an important factor that affects the relationship between promotive voice-taking and felt responsibility for constructive change, and the relationship between preventive voice-taking and psychological safety. When employees’ promotion focus trait matches the promotive voice-taking environment, their felt responsibility for constructive change will be strengthened and consequently more promotive voice behavior will be performed. When employees’ prevention focus trait matches the preventive voice-taking environment, their psychological safety will be enhanced, thereby more prohibitive voice behavior will be performed. At the team level, the effect mechanisms of promotive voice-taking and preventive voice-taking on team innovation are different. Promotive voice-taking is conductive to the formation of collective promotion focus, thus facilitating team exploration orientation. The flexible way of thinking and willingness to take risks for team exploration orientation are benefit to team innovation. Preventive voice-taking is conductive to the formation of collective prevention focus, then promotes team reflexivity, thus helping to team innovation. Although both promotive voice-taking and preventive voice-taking can promote team innovation through different effect paths, promotive voice-taking has a stronger effect on team innovation through the chain mediating effect of collective promotion focus and team exploration orientation.
Moreover, according to regulatory fit theory, regulatory focus organizational context is an important factor that affects the relationship between promotive voice-taking and collective promotion focus, and the relationship between preventive voice-taking and collective prevention focus. When organizational context emphasizes development opportunities and growth (i.e., promotion-focused organizational context), employees will have a sense of matching between leader promotive voice-taking and promotion-focused organizational context. Then they can perceive correctness and effectiveness of leader promotive voice-taking in the organizational context, thus strengthening collective promotion focus. When organizational context emphasizes avoiding losses, mistakes and risks (i.e., prevention-focused organizational context), employees will have a sense of matching between leader preventive voice-taking and prevention-focused organizational context. Then they can perceive correctness and effectiveness of leader preventive voice-taking in the organizational context, thus strengthening collective prevention focus. The present study expands the research perspective and theoretical basis of leader voice-taking and provides a new direction for future study of leader voice-taking.

Key words: promotive voice-taking, preventive voice-taking, regulatory focus, voice behavior, team innovation

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