Job Autonomy and Employee Psychological Well-being: The Mediating Effect of Employee Voice

Abstract

The review of employee well-being literature in the context of human resource management and organisational behaviour advocates that well-being is a major area of consideration for every organisation. Thus, based on job demand resource (JDR) theory, the study aims to examine the influence of job autonomy on the psychological well-being of employees with promotive voice behaviour playing the role of a mediator. Structural equation modelling (SEM) is used to analyse the cross-sectional data of 206 employees from the Indian service sector. The findings support the direct relationship between job autonomy, employee promotive voice and psychological well-being and further confirm the mediating role of promotive voice between job autonomy and psychological well-being. This study suggests that organisations should delegate authority to their employees to carry out their job roles, as it can improve their voice behaviour and further their psychological well-being. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the mediating effect of promotive voice behaviour between job autonomy and psychological well-being.

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Job autonomy employee voice psychological well-being job demand–resource theory

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