Date of Award
8-2023
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Organizational Unit
Daniels College of Business
First Advisor
Andrew Schnackenberg
Second Advisor
Jane Ross
Third Advisor
Dennis Wittmer
Fourth Advisor
Douglas Allen
Fifth Advisor
Julia Dmitrieva
Sixth Advisor
Lisa Victoravich
Seventh Advisor
Daniel Baack
Keywords
Organizational change, Employee voice, Transparency, Empowerment, Government
Abstract
For organizational change to take root, develop, and realize the desired goals and benefits, employees are increasingly asked to be an integral part of the change process, to speak up and use their voice to point out areas to improve and ways to be more efficient. Organizations and managers must create a climate where this employee voice, a multidimensional construct comprised of promotive and prohibitive voice, is encouraged and heard, and where the employee is empowered to effect change and make improvements. Both types of voice are potent mechanisms for improving public services, and government organizations in particular, as compared to private and other businesses. This quantitative study investigates transparency, a multidimensional view of trust with cognition-based and affect-based trust, and cognitive empowerment and their relationships with both types of employee voice. The setting is a government organization that trains employees to see issues in the workplace and make changes to improve outcomes for citizens, save time and money, and improve the utilization of resources. Trust and transparency matter, until the climate supports psychological safety. Transparency and cognitive empowerment are found to be significantly related to different types of employee voice after controlling for various factors, including propensity to trust, social desirability, and psychological safety.
Copyright Date
8-2023
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
All Rights Reserved.
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. User is responsible for all copyright compliance.
Rights Holder
Jomarie Phelan Honcoop
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
File Format
application/pdf
Language
English (eng)
Extent
133 pgs
File Size
811 KB
Recommended Citation
Honcoop, Jomarie Phelan, "Enhancing Employee Voice in Government: Transparency, Trust, and Cognitive Empowerment" (2023). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2301.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/2301
Discipline
Business administration
Included in
Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Organizational Behavior and Theory Commons, Other Business Commons