Research on the Mechanism of Voice Solicitation on Employees'Proactive Behavior
Based on affective events theory and regulatory focus theory,our study explores how and when voice solicitation affects employees'proactive behavior,through a multi-wave,multi-source questionnaire study(Study 1)and an experimental study(Study 2).The study found that:voice so-licitation can enhance employees'positive affect and reduce negative affect,which in turn promotes their proactive behavior;employee regulatory focus moderates the indirect effect of voice solicitation on proactive behavior via positive affect,that is,the positive indirect effect of voice solicitation on em-ployees'proactive behavior via positive affect is significant when regulatory focus is high and does not exist when regulatory focus is low;employee regulatory focus moderates the indirect effect of voice solicitation on proactive behavior via negative affect,that is,the positive indirect effect of voice solici-tation on employees'proactive behavior via negative affect is not significant when regulatory focus is low and exists when regulatory focus is high.