...–employee matched survey was conducted to examine the research model, involving 423 employees and their 162 direct leaders from mainland China. Findings The results indicate that employee self-perceived status mediated the negative effect of authoritarian leadership on employee voice, which was stronger...

... effects of these attributions and identify a moderating variable that could reconcile them. Drawing on the psychological experience of status theory, the authors conceptualize and test the moderating effect of employees' self-perceived status on the relationship between HR performance attribution...