Abstract:
This paper discusses influencing factors of voice behavior, and constructs a structural model of the relationship between relative deprivation, core self-evaluation, psychological contract violation and voice behavior from the perspective of relative deprivation theory, resource conservation theory and personality traits. It has conducted a survey on 392 employees with scales of relative deprivation, voice behavior, core self-evaluation and psychological contract violation. The results show that significant negative correlation exists between relative deprivation and voice behavior(
r = − 0.35,
p < 0.01), core self-evaluation has a significant moderating effect between relative deprivation and voice behavior(
β = − 0.18,
p < 0.001), and the mediating effect of psychological contract violation is also obvious (total effect
c = − 0.28,
p < 0.001, and direct effect(
c′ = − 0.20,
p < 0.01). Therefore, core self-evaluation plays a moderating role between relative deprivation and voice behavior, and psychological contract violation plays a mediating role. The study may be helpful to reveal influencing factors and internal mechanism of voice behavior, which has theoretical guidance for enterprise management practice.