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  • Strategic or Silencing? Line Managers’ Repurposing of Employee Voice Mechanisms for High Performance

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    Author(s)
    Mowbray, PK
    Wilkinson, A
    Tse, HHM
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Wilkinson, Adrian J.
    Mowbray, Paula K.
    Tse, Herman HM.
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    In this paper, we explore how the pressure to deliver high performance influences line managers in their shaping and repurposing of employee voice mechanisms to encourage improvement‐oriented voice in organizations. Using qualitative data (50 semi‐structured interviews) from two case studies, including a manufacturing organization and a university, we find line managers were proactive in the (re)shaping and repurposing of employee voice mechanisms in response to the high‐performance strategy. Where there was less HR support given to line managers, we found line managers were more inclined to create their own voice mechanisms. ...
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    In this paper, we explore how the pressure to deliver high performance influences line managers in their shaping and repurposing of employee voice mechanisms to encourage improvement‐oriented voice in organizations. Using qualitative data (50 semi‐structured interviews) from two case studies, including a manufacturing organization and a university, we find line managers were proactive in the (re)shaping and repurposing of employee voice mechanisms in response to the high‐performance strategy. Where there was less HR support given to line managers, we found line managers were more inclined to create their own voice mechanisms. However, we observed that a focus on improvement‐oriented voice associated with employer interests diverted employee‐interest voice away from collective and formal channels, into more informal channels. We indicate the dangers of prioritizing an employer‐interest, improvement‐oriented voice approach.
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    Journal Title
    British Journal of Management
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12469
    Copyright Statement
    © 2021 British Academy of Management. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Strategic or Silencing? Line Managers’ Repurposing of Employee Voice Mechanisms for High Performance, British Journal of Management, Early View, 2021, which has been published in final form at 10.1111/1467-8551.12469. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
    Subject
    Business and Management
    Marketing
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/402071
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