领导为什么选择沉默——自我效能与心理安全机制的研究

An Empirical Study on the Mediating Effect of Leader 's Silence as a Mechanism of Self-efficacy and Psychological Safety

利用采集自多地的"员工—领导"配对数据实证检验表明,员工对领导的上向信任能抑制领导沉默,而员工犬儒主义诱致领导沉默;领导者自我效能在员工上向信任与领导沉默的关系中起中介传导作用,而领导者心理安全感在员工犬儒主义与领导沉默的关系中起中介传导作用。此外,上述两方面影响过程因领导性别的不同而有所差异。对于女性领导而言,员工的上向信任对领导者自我效能感的正向影响相对更强,员工犬儒主义对领导者心理安全感知的负向影响相对更强。

The study investigates the suppressing and inducing mechanisms of leader silence, a common phenomenon in the Chinese organizational context. We argue that on one side, employee upward trust will suppress leader si-lence; on the other side, employee cynicism will induce leader silence. The employee 's relationship of leadertrusted silence is mediated by leader self-efficacy. In addition, the cynicism-silence relationship is mediated by leader psychological safety. We further predict that the two influence processes are moderated by leader gender.Specifically, the positive effect of employee 's upward trust on leader self-efficacy is stronger, while the psycho-logically negative safety effect of employee cynicism on leader is stronger for female than for male leaders. We test the model via analyzing leader-employee dyadic data collected from multiple organizations.