Speaking up vs. being heard: The disagreement around and outcomes of employee voice

Organization Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-38

  Burris, Ethan R ^a   Detert, James R ^b   Romney, Alexander C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SAS Institute Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Disagreement; Employee voice; Leadership; Organizational citizenship behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873298218     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1110.0732     Document Type: Article

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