Voice within the union
Relationship of leader, status and voice behaviour
Kyungyeon Kim, Korea University
» Full paper: ilera-2019-paper-66-Kim.pdf
Member's participation is crucial for the survival of trade unions. However, little attention has been paid to voice within trade union, while plenty of voice literature have been studied in organizational behaviour. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to uncover the relationship with leaders, organizational support and member's voice behaviour. Also, we will attempt to explore mediating roles of felt obligation for constructive change at the individual- level of voice mechanism under the union-context.
Major result of this study will be to find out positive relationship between Authentic leadership and member's voice behaviour, as regarding to mobilization theory (H1). Also, we will exam potential positive relationship between perceived insider status and member's voice behaviour, by applying organizational support theory (H2). Moreover, in order to find out antecedent of union member's voice behaviour, we will consider felt obligation for constructive change as playing mediating role of this mechanism. (i.e. felt obligation for constructive change as mediator of authentic leadership and voice behaviour (H3), and as mediator of PIS and voice behaviour (H4))
The implication of this study is to find out that union leadership and organization supports are antecedent of members' voice behaviour via felt obligation for constructive change. Union should recognize importance of voice and try to make better climate to encourage member's voice, by using leader and organizational supports. Consequently, voice within the union should be encouraged, and so is voice research in union-context as well.
Keywords: Voice, Authentic leadership, Perceived insider status, Trade Union
