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Impact of employee trait mindfulness on constructive voice from the perspective of self-verification

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Research attention to the concept of mindfulness has been increasing in recent years, and numerous scholars have shown that mindfulness is associated with positive work behavior. This paper takes employee trait mindfulness as the starting point for studying constructive voice and explores the impact of employee trait mindfulness on constructive voice. Using SPSS and Mplus software, empirical tests were performed on the paired data of 335 employees and 88 leaders obtained from a questionnaire survey at two time points. The results of the analysis indicate that employee trait mindfulness has a positive impact on constructive voice. In addition, felt obligation for constructive change fully mediates the relationship between employee trait mindfulness and constructive voice. Moreover, perceived overqualification moderates the relationship between employee trait mindfulness and felt obligation for constructive change, and moderates the mediating effect of felt obligation for constructive change. In other words, when employees have a higher level of perceived overqualification, trait mindfulness has a greater positive impact on felt obligation for constructive change, and the positive effect of employee trait mindfulness on constructive voice via felt obligation for constructive change is more significant.

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This study is supported by National Social Science Fund of China “A Study on the Conceptual Structure and Multilevel Effects of Leader Mindfulness Behavior in Organizations” (21BGL279).

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    Jing Zhang, Huijuan Chen & Chang Cao

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  3. School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China

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This thesis mainly innovates in the research perspective, taking the self-verification theory as the theoretical framework to explain the impact of employee trait mindfulness on constructive voice. From a new theoretical perspective, it examines the mediating role of felt obligation for constructive change and the moderating role of perceived overqualification, enriching the application of self-verification theory in the field of mindfulness and voice.

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Zhang, J., Chen, H., Ni, D. et al. Impact of employee trait mindfulness on constructive voice from the perspective of self-verification. Curr Psychol 43, 17561–17576 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-05691-5

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