Empowered to Break the Silence: Applying Self-Determination Theory to Employee Silence

The paper studies how leaders can break employee silence. Drawing upon self-determination theory, we argue that empowering leadership can activate employees’ intrinsic motivation such that employees are more willing to break the silence at work; furthermore, the effect is stronger when employees hav...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dong Ju, Li Ma, Run Ren, Yichi Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00485/full