Transformational leadership and speaking up: Power distance and structural distance as moderators

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2013.41.10.1747
Keywords:
transformational leadership, speaking up, power distance, structural distance, employees, voice behavior
Abstract

We explored the mechanism of the effects of transformational leadership on employees’ speaking up (voice), especially probing the moderating effects of power distance and structural distance. We used a questionnaire to conduct an investigation with dyads of leaders (113 senior engineers and 51 project managers) and their subordinates (495 engineers). The results from hierarchical regression modeling indicated that, in the relationship between transformational leadership and employees’ speaking up, structural distance was a positive moderator but power distance was a negative and stronger moderator than structural distance. Implications of these results for theory and management practice are discussed.

Author Biographies
  1. Sheng-min Liu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    School of Management
  2. Jian-qiao Liao, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    School of Management
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Published
2013-10-26
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Vol. 41 No. 10 (2013)
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