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Authenticity, employee silence, prohibitive voice, and the moderating effect of organisational identification

Knoll, M.; Van Dick, R.

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Authors

M. Knoll

R. Van Dick



Abstract

Authenticity is an important concept in positive psychology and has been shown to be related to well-being, health, and leadership effectiveness. The present paper introduces employee authenticity as a predictor of relevant workplace behaviors, namely employee silence and prohibitive voice. Converging evidence across two studies using cross-sectional and longitudinal designs demonstrates that when responding to hypothetical problematic workplace events (Study 1) or actual workplace experiences (Study 2), individual differences in employees’ authenticity predicted more self-reported voice behaviors and less silence that emanated from various motivations. Furthermore, authenticity scores consistently yielded predictive utility over and above the contribution of a broad set of individual and organization-based characteristics. Finally, organizational identification moderated the relation between authenticity and silence, such that for employees with high levels of identification, the relation between authenticity and silence was stronger.

Citation

Knoll, M., & Van Dick, R. (2013). Authenticity, employee silence, prohibitive voice, and the moderating effect of organisational identification. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 8(4), 346-360. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2013.804113

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jun 1, 2013
Deposit Date May 13, 2013
Publicly Available Date Dec 21, 2013
Journal Journal of Positive Psychology
Print ISSN 1743-9760
Electronic ISSN 1743-9779
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 8
Issue 4
Pages 346-360
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/17439760.2013.804113
Keywords Authenticity, Character strengths, Employee silence, Organizational identification, Positive organizational behavior, Positive organizational scholarship, Voice
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1476303

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This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Knoll, M. and Van Dick, R. (2013) 'Authenticity, employee silence, prohibitive voice, and the moderating effect of organisational identification.', Journal of positive psychology., 8 (4). pp. 346-360, Journal of positive psychology, 2013, ©
Taylor & Francis available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17439760.2013.804113





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