Transformational Leadership and Employee Voice in the Digital Workplace: Examining the Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment and the Moderating Effect of Leader–Leader Exchange
This research reveals how transformational leadership fosters employee voice, highlighting mediating psychological empowerment and moderating leader-leader exchange.
Key Points
Transformational leadership significantly enhances employee voice behavior in digital workplaces, directly and indirectly.
The study found that psychological empowerment plays a crucial mediating role in fostering employee voice among 312 employees.
Leader-leader exchange strengthens the effect of transformational leadership on psychological empowerment, enhancing employee proactivity.
These findings suggest integrating psychological and relational mechanisms can enhance empowerment-based leadership in technology-driven organizations.