Managing the Uncertainties Inherent in Prohibitive Voice: How Leadership Interacts With Employee Political Skill

Drawing from the uncertainty management theory, we examine how authoritarian leadership and humble leadership interact with employee political skill to predict prohibitive voice. We conducted a two-wave survey study of 43 managers and 176 subordinates in a power company in China. Our findings indica...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Psychology
Main Authors:	Xiaoxuan Wang, Fan Zhou
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Subjects:	authoritarian leadership humble leadership political skill prohibitive voice uncertainty management
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.702964/full

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