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

Detert & Burris · 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.

Detert, J.R. and Burris, E.R. (2007) 'Leadership behavior and employee voice: Is the door really open?', Academy of Management Journal, 50(4), pp. 869–884.

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