Proactive personality and voice behavior: The influence of voice self-efficacy and delegation

• Jun Xie

  Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

• Xiaoping Chu

  Sun Yat-sen University

• Juncheng Zhang

  Guangzhou University

• Jiaxin Huang

  Guangdong University of Finance and Economics

We conceptualized voice self-efficacy as a mediator and perceived delegation as a contextual moderator for researching the effect of proactive personality on voice behaviorin a Chinese cultural context. We collected data in 2 waves using a sample of 205 subordinate–supervisor dyads working at 2 finance companies in China. Our results showed that voice self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between proactive personality and voice behavior, and that perceived delegation has a moderating role in this relationship. Implications for management theory and practice are discussed.

1. Jun Xie, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
   Center for Cantonese Merchants Research
2. Xiaoping Chu, Sun Yat-sen University
   Lingnan (University) College
3. Juncheng Zhang, Guangzhou University
   School of Business Administration
4. Jiaxin Huang, Guangdong University of Finance and Economics
   School of Business Administration

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