# Leadership Behavior and Employee Voice: Is the Door Really Open?

*Detert · Voice & Silence, Power & Equity · Academy of Management Journal · 2007 · Open access*

Introduced the concept of voice climate and the affect-laden expectancy calculus — the implicit cost-benefit analysis employees run before speaking up. Showed that managerial openness and transformational leadership shape whether employees believe voice will be safe and worthwhile.

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