How and When are Frequent Voicers Treated Badly? Employee Voice Behavior and Coworker Victimization

Melody J. Zhang; Chu-Ding  Ling; Catherine K. Lam; Chak Fu Lam

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2022.16071abstract

How and When are Frequent Voicers Treated Badly? Employee Voice Behavior and Coworker Victimization

Melody J. Zhang, Chu-Ding Ling, Catherine K. Lam, Chak Fu Lam

Department of Management

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While employee’s voice behaviors substantially contribute to their workgroups and organizations, research has indicated that it also involves social costs for those express voice – being negatively viewed and victimized by their coworkers in the same team. Drawing on the person perception perspective and idiosyncratic credits theory, we develop a theoretical model outlining how and when those who speak up experience coworker victimization. Results of survey data from a round-robin design (N = 532 dyads with 195 members in 56 work teams) indicates that frequent voice behavior tends to be perceived as displays of hubris by coworkers and therefore would likely be sanctioned through coworkers’ victimization; this happens especially in teams low in voice density and for voicers in more peripheral positions of advice network.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Proceedings
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.16071abstract
Publication status	Published - Aug 2022
Event	82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2022): Creating a Better World Together - Hybrid, Seattle, United States Duration: 5 Aug 2022 → 9 Aug 2022 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-theme https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2022/1

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Name	Academy of Management Proceedings
Number	1
Volume	2022
ISSN (Print)	0065-0668
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-6561

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Conference	82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2022)
Place	United States
City	Seattle
Period	5/08/22 → 9/08/22
Internet address	https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-theme https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2022/1

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Zhang, MJ, Ling, C-D, Lam, CK & Lam, CF 2022, How and When are Frequent Voicers Treated Badly? Employee Voice Behavior and Coworker Victimization. in S Taneja (ed.), 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Proceedings. Academy of Management Proceedings, no. 1, vol. 2022, Academy of Management, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM 2022), Seattle, United States, 5/08/22. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2022.16071abstract

How and When are Frequent Voicers Treated Badly? Employee Voice Behavior and Coworker Victimization. / Zhang, Melody J.; Ling, Chu-Ding ; Lam, Catherine K. et al.
82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management Proceedings. ed. / Sonia Taneja. Academy of Management, 2022. (Academy of Management Proceedings; Vol. 2022, No. 1).

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