Impact of Organizational Exploitation on Prohibitive Voice: Moderating Role of Coworker Emotional Support

Abstract

Purpose- The present study intends to expand the research on organizational exploitation as there is a vast opportunity to examine this phenomenon in organizational behavior research. This is an endeavor to examine the impact of organizational exploitation on prohibitive voice behavior by investigating the moderating role of coworker emotional support.

Study Design/Methodology/Approach - Data are collected from health, hospitality, and education using a time-lagged design employing quantitative research design and convenience sampling with a 2-3 weeks’ time lag between each wave. Organizational exploitation was tapped at time 1, moderator (time 2), and outcome (Time 3).

Findings- The results indicate that organizational exploitation is positively related to prohibitive voice, and coworker emotional support moderates the relationship between organizational exploitation and prohibitive voice.

Practical Implications - Organizations in the health, hospitality, and education sectors can implement the findings of the present study to encourage voice behaviors for their employees, especially the prohibitive voice because it is more salient in assessing harmful workplace practices.

Study limitations - Firstly, the data was collected using convenience sampling, and the results of the present study cannot be generalized to another population. Secondly, this study did not control constructs similar to organizational exploitation, i.e., organizational cruelty, organizational obstructions, and perceived organizational injustice.

Originality/Novelty - Authors have extensively studied organizational exploitation, and it is to the best of the author's knowledge that previously, the given theoretical framework has not been examined in the existing literature.