Authors
1 Assistant Professor, of Business Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba`i University
2 M.Sc. in Business Management, Allameh Tabataba`i University
Abstract
For comprehensive analysis of employees` personality outcomes it is necessary to consider the role of situational factors. The purpose of present study is to investigate the influence of proactive personality on employees` voice behavior in which the moderating role of perceived organizational support as well as job characteristics have been considered. These relationships have been explored within the Telecommunication Infrastructure Company in Tehran with a descriptive-survey approach. Data was collected through questionnaire and was analyzed via inferential statistical techniques as well as structural equation modeling by SPSS and AMOS softwares. Findings show the effect of proactive personality on employees` voice behavior. Meanwhile, the moderating effects of perceived organizational support and job characteristics were supported so that as the positive perceptions of employees` about job characteristics and organizational support increase, the effect of proactive personality on voice behavior increases as well. Also, the moderating role of perceptions about job characteristics was greater than the moderating role of perceived organizational support.
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