When Will Employees Voice Up? Leader-Member Exchange Similarity and Leader Group Prototypicality

Wu, J., van Knippenberg, D., Giessner, S. R., & Wong, S. I. (2026). When will employees voice up? Leader-member exchange similarity and leader group prototypicality. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 33(1), 114–133.

In their article, Wu, van Knippenberg, Giessner, and Wong found that employees are more likely to speak up when they feel secure in their relationship with their manager or when they are confident in their place within the team. The authors show that which source of confidence matters (i.e., their place on the team or their personal relationship with the manager) more depends on how strongly the manager is seen as representing the team. Their findings suggest this is especially important when employees are raising concerns or pointing out problems, since those conversations can feel more socially risky.

Read the article here:  https://doi.org/10.1177/15480518251386490 

Jeannine Monnier, Ph.D.

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