Chinese employees’ psychological empowerment and voice behavior: Organizational justice as a moderator

We examined how Chinese employees’ psychological empowerment and organizational justice relate to their voice behavior and how organizational justice moderates the effect of psychological empowerment on voice behavior. Participants were 236 employees of Chinese small- and medium-sized enterprises who completed a survey to measure psychological empowerment, organizational justice, and voice behavior. Results show that psychological empowerment and organizational justice were related to, and explained the variance in, voice behavior. Moreover, organizational justice moderated the relationship between psychological empowerment and voice behavior. Improvement of organizational justice and clarification of the importance of employees’ psychological empowerment for organizational functionality and effectiveness can help promote sound voice behavior.