TY  - EJOU
AU  - Zhang, Xiaolin 
AU  - Li, Shujie 
AU  - Wang, Enguo 

TI  - Leader-employee calling congruence and voice behaviour: The mediating role of perceived insider status
T2  - Journal of Psychology in Africa

PY  - 2025
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
SN  - 1815-5626

AB  - This study examined the relationship between leader-employee calling congruence on employees’ voice behaviour. Participants were 173 leader-employee dyads from the Chinese service industry. They completed online surveys on calling, perceived insider status, and voice behaviour. Results from polynomial regression and response surface analysis showed that employees perceived insider status to be weaker with the low leader-low subordinate calling congruence, and stronger with high leader and high subordinate calling congruence. Employees perceived insider status is stronger in low leader and high subordinate calling incongruence compared with high leader and low subordinate calling incongruence. Perceived insider status plays a mediating role among calling congruence and voice behaviour. This study’s findings suggest pathways of calling congruence on voice behaviour, which are important for promoting employee voice behaviour and guiding organisational recruitment in the workplace.
KW  - calling; voice behaviour; perceived insider status; response surface analysis

DO  - 10.32604/jpa.2025.065767