Serial Mediation Effects of Leader Member Exchange and Empowerment Transmitting Ethical Leadership to Employee Voice of Private Organizations
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In this research article, the researcher examines whether leader member exchange and empowerment function are latent factors connecting ethical leadership to the employee voice of private organizations, and if so, how. The researcher employed a mixed-methods research. In the quantitative research, data were collected from 500 copies of a questionnaire. The analysis was conducted using the Smart PLS 3.0 program. In the qualitative research, data were collected from the interviews with twenty subjects. The sample population for both methods consisted of employees in private organizations in the Bangkok Metropolis.
Findings showed that the path with the highest feasibility was the path of leader member exchange and empowerment as mediator variables connecting ethical leadership to employee voice. The path exhibited t value at the highest level of 5.846 (greater than 2.58) with the statistically significant level of .01. The next path with feasibility in descending order was the path of empowerment as a mediator variable connecting ethical leadership to the employee voice of private organizations. The path exhibited t value at 4.005 (greater than 2.58) with the statistically significant level of .01. Data analysis from the information obtained from the qualitative research enabled the researcher to find new knowledge that added to the research conceptual framework. It was found that the factors influencing the employee voice of private organizations that contributed to the variables in accordance with the conceptual framework were culture, job motivation, personal attitudes, and workplace environment.
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