Inclusive climates and employee voice behavior: the roles of voice efficacy and voice channel design

Weiyi Shen, Lidan Shen · 2025

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Weiyi Shen and Lidan Shen studied in 2025 how an inclusive work climate shapes whether employees speak up with ideas or concerns. Speaking up helps a firm compete, yet how the channels for speaking are designed is little studied. Data came from 281 university employees in eastern China.

An inclusive climate was tied to more speaking up. Confidence in one voice, built by that climate, carried part of the effect. Satisfaction with channel design strengthened the path, and formal channels mattered more than informal ones. The authors suggest firms pair an inclusive climate with well-built channels, so workers trust their voice will count.

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CREATORWeiyi Shen, Lidan Shen
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE42 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12722850

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