Wei et al. (2015), Journal of Applied Psychology

I will speak up if my voice is socially desirable: A moderated mediating process of promotive versus prohibitive voice.

Among 66 middle managers and 262 of their staff in five high-tech firms, employees who valued power distance felt less able to offer improvement ideas, a link that weakened when their boss delegated more.

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