Who Can Afford to Voice? Examining the Role of Resources in the Employee Voice Process

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dc.contributor.advisorKing, Danielle Den_US
dc.creatorPhetmisy, Cassandra Nen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T18:25:07Zen_US
dc.date.available2022-10-05T18:25:07Zen_US
dc.date.created2022-05en_US
dc.date.issued2022-04-21en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2022en_US
dc.date.updated2022-10-05T18:25:07Zen_US
dc.description.abstractWork, money, and the economy are the most common stressors for adults in the United States (APA, 2020a, 2020b), and economic declines can exacerbate the stress of maintaining employment and adequate finances. Financial stressors may highlight the importance and precarity of work—motivating employees to avoid risky behaviors, even those that may be necessary or beneficial. I specifically examined how financial stress impacts a critical, desired form of risk-taking at work: employee voice, through differential perceived riskiness of voice behavior. Grounded in Conservation of Resources theory (Hobfoll, 1989), the current study investigated how financial stress and leadership affects the extent that employees speak up (voice) or withhold their ideas (silence) at work. A sample of 268 employees and 40 supervisors responded to two online surveys. The data indicated that employees’ financial stress positively predicted their perceptions of risk for voice. Further, perceived riskiness of voice significantly predicted lower promotive voice and greater silence behaviors. I did not find robust support that LMX buffers these relationships. Exploratory analyses indicate the unique ability of financial stress and other objective income indicators to predict voice and silence. This work offers both theoretical integration and expansion to the voice and financial stress domains, as well as actionable practical implications for organizational leaders and decision-makers.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationPhetmisy, Cassandra N. "Who Can Afford to Voice? Examining the Role of Resources in the Employee Voice Process." (2022) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113491">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/113491</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113491en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectfinancial stressen_US
dc.subjectresourcesen_US
dc.subjectriskinessen_US
dc.subjectvoiceen_US
dc.subjectsilenceen_US
dc.subjectleader-member exchangeen_US
dc.titleWho Can Afford to Voice? Examining the Role of Resources in the Employee Voice Processen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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