Title: Authentic leadership, social support and employee voice: the mediating role of psychological safety

Authors: R. Monica; V. Srividya

Addresses: PSG Institute of Management, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-01, India ' PSG Institute of Management, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore-01, India

Abstract: The study examined the influence of authentic leadership and social support on employee voice as well as the mediating effect of psychological safety on authentic leadership - employee voice and social support-employee voice. The study data collected from 251 product manager specialists employed in a TIDEL park in Coimbatore City, India. The results indicate that authentic leadership and social support have a significant impact on employee voice with a mediating impact of psychological safety. This infers that psychological safety plays an imperative role in explaining the influence authentic leadership and social support has on employee voice among the product manager specialists.

Keywords: authentic leadership; social support; employee voice; psychological safety; employee.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMP.2025.149565

International Journal of Management Practice, 2025 Vol.18 No.6, pp.565 - 587

Accepted: 22 Dec 2024
Published online: 07 Nov 2025 *

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