Xiaoyan Su¹, Xiaodong Kuang², Sarah Min³

(1. Jinan University, China; 2. Edgewood College, USA; 3. Dalton State College, USA)

 

 

Abstract: Based on the sample of 105 New-generation employees in China, this paper analyses how the employee-oriented and task-oriented leadership styles affect the New-generation employee voice behaviors respectively with the LMX as a mediator. The results suggest that the employee-oriented leadership style has a positive effect on LMX significantly, while the task-oriented leadership style has a negative effect. Though LMX is positively related to both promotive voice and prohibitive voice significantly, the relationship between LMX and promotive voice is more salient. The results also show that LMX has a fully mediating effect on the relationship between employee-oriented leadership style and employee voice, but no mediating effect on the relationship between task-oriented leadership style and employee voice.

 

 

Key words: leadership style; LMX; employee voice; new-generation employee

 

JEL code: M