Seminar (Dept. of Organization and Human Resources)

Theme：The Effects of Individualism and Collectivism on Employee Voice

Speaker：Guiquan Li (School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University)

Time：2021-11-03 14:00

Address：Tencent Meeting、Room 1008, Mingde Business Building

Language：Chinese/English

Venue: Room 1008, Mingde Business Building

Tencent Meeting https://meeting.tencent.com/dm/fLgTl9RYHhk3 

Meeting ID：123 130 981

Password：1103

ABSTRACT：  

Given the large number of empirical studies of workplace voice, it is surprising that there has not been much attention given to potential cultural differences, or to examining the impact of cultural values as drivers or inhibitors of voice behavior. In this paper, we set out to explore culture-related differences in voice behavior. Results from time-lagged data of 573 employees showed that individualism relates positively to voice behavior through voice efficacy. Collectivism, on the one hand, promotes voice behavior by enhancing collective identification, and impedes voice behavior by undermining voice safety on the other hand. We further found that for promotive voice, the path through collective identification is stronger, while for prohibitive voice, the voice safety path is stronger. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.