@Article{IJMHP.2019.010730,
AUTHOR = {Guanglei Zhang, Silu Chen, Youqing Fan, Yue Dong},
TITLE = {Influence of Leaders’ Loneliness on Voice-Taking: The Role of Social SelfEfficacy and Performance Pressure},
JOURNAL = {International Journal of Mental Health Promotion},
VOLUME = {21},
YEAR = {2019},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {13--29},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/IJMHP/v21n1/38511},
ISSN = {2049-8543},
ABSTRACT = {This paper attempts to unlock how and when leaders’ loneliness 
influences their voice-taking behavior in the workplace by integrating the regulatory 
loop model of loneliness and the affect theory of social exchange. Through collecting 
a daily diary study of 87 paired leader-follower samples from two electronics 
industry companies based in Guangzhou, China, this study finds that (1) leaders’ 
loneliness has a significant negative impact on social self-efficacy and voice-taking 
behavior; (2) leaders’ social self-efficacy mediates the relationship between their 
loneliness and voice-taking behavior; (3) performance pressure moderates the 
relationship between leaders’ loneliness and voice-taking behavior; and, (4) the 
indirect effect between leaders’ loneliness and voice-taking behavior (through social 
self-efficacy) becomes stronger when performance pressure is higher. Therefore, this 
study provides some practical implications on: (1) how to provide a series of 
loneliness interventions to address loneliness in all areas of life; and, (2) how to 
establish an internal culture or atmosphere within the organization to encourage 
leaders to adopt followers’ suggestions for improvement.},
DOI = {10.32604/IJMHP.2019.010730}
}