员工建言行为的人口统计特征元分析

研究目的在于明确人口统计学特征与员工建言行为的关系。共81篇实证文献被纳入元分析, 被试人数为39118人。结果发现, 员工年龄、教育程度、组织任期和职位均与建言行为显著正相关, 即年龄越大、受教育程度越高、组织任期越长的员工会表现出越多建言行为; 同时, 在不同的文化背景下, 职位高低与建言行为的关系存在显著差异, 受中国传统文化影响, 高、低职位员工的建言行为数量差异明显, 而在非中国情境下, 员工职位高低对其建言行为的数量影响差异不明显; 此外, 建言行为的数据来源对员工年龄与建言行为之间的关系存在显著调节作用, 采用他评方式时, 年龄与建言行为的正向关系更为显著。研究结果为人口统计特征预测建言行为提供较为精确的估计, 并为未来建言行为的相关研究指引了方向。

A meta-analysis of the relationship between demographic characteristics and employee voice behavior

The method of meta-analysis was utilized to analyze the relationship between demographic characteristics and voice behavior.Eighty-one primary empirical studies with a total sample size of 39118 participants were included in this study.Results of the meta-analysis showed that age,education,tenure and position were positively and significantly correlated with voice behavior.Namely,older employees with higher level of education and longer tenure would present more voice behavior.Meanwhile,the relationship between position and voice behavior had significantly variance under different cultural background.The test of moderating effect disclosed that culture played an moderator role in the relationship of position and voice behavior.Namely,due to the influence of Chinese traditional culture,employees in China who in low positions dared not to speak up to their supervisors thus their voice quantity was significantly less than those in high positions.However,this variance was not quite obvious in other culture.What's more,the positive relationship between age and voice behavior was moderated by the evaluation method of voice in such a way that it became stronger when the assessment was conducted by others (i.e.Leaders or peers) than by themselves.The study results provided more accurate estimates for predicting voice behavior by demographic characteristics and also the future research directions of voice behavior.