Understanding Employee Voice in Business Organizations

Running head: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Leadership And Management
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Aiming to understand the aspect of employee voice in the two articles, the essay will
undertake a critical evaluation of the two articles. The following paragraphs will argue that
understanding the aspect of employee voice is crucial to enable the overall development of the
organizations. The following paragraphs will delve deeper into a critical analysis of the relevant
notions present in the two readings. Following a sequence, the critical essay will summarize and
critically evaluate the central thesis of each article and their interrelationship.
Analysis of the articles
In the first article, “The contours of employee voice in SMEs: the importance of context”
by Gilman, Raby and Pyman, the authors emphasize upon the notions related to the voice of
employees in small business enterprises (Gilman, Rabyand Pyman 2015). The central thesis of
the article is that the factor of employee voice needs to be researched in a comprehensive manner
to gauge the impact of the work context in the perpetration of the employee voice. The article
also emphasizes upon the aspect of the manner in which the interactions between resources and
constraints can shape the voices. Recent studies reveal that employee voice is one of the most
important aspects in business enterprises. A closer analysis of the given article will project that
the major theme revolves around the relationship between employee relations and the HRM in
the context of employee voice.
In their article, “Shooting From The Hip: A Habit Perspective Of Voice”, by Lam, Rees
Levesque and Ornstein, the authors have harped upon the ideas related to habit as the prime
contributing factor in the employee voice (Lam et al. 2018). The article also discusses about the
psychological perspective on the generation of voice decisions of the employees. The central
thesis of the article is that the habit perspective serves to shed light on the situational factors and
habits in relation to employee voice. Recent studies project the notion that the psychological

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perspective for expression of voice forms a crucial part. The similarities in both the article lies in
the fact that both the articles strive to discuss about the important issues of employee voice in
business enterprises. On a critical note, the articles are similar in their projection of the central
theme and approach. In addition to this, the articles project the importance of gauging the
relevance and practice of employee voice in the enterprises. Following a lucid and systematic
manner, the articles delves deeper into the topic concerned. The original point of differentiation
in the two articles is vested in the idea that while the first article discusses about the need for
further research in employee voice, the second article sheds light on the psychological and
habitual traits of voice.
Comparative analysis
It can be said that the articles differ in terms of the central arguments presented by the
author. While the first article argues for the various interactions and the need for further research
in employee voice, the second argues for the framework of individual, situational and habit
perspective related to employee voice. It can be contested that the two arguments are valid to a
certain extent. It can be debated that the arguments can be read in terms of the other studies.
Though the arguments are valid and applicable, it can be said that the two articles can include
other aspects related to employee voice in business organizations.
An in-depth analysis of the two articles will project that they strive to present the theme
of employee voice through the usage of different techniques. The central argument of the authors
in the first article have been explored through the contextual approach. It is seen that an in-depth
discussion of the factor of employee voice through an analysis of the relevant and prevalent
literature assists the article in understanding the need to research about employee voice in SME
context (Gilman, Rabyand Pyman 2015). Recent studies justify the notion that the factor of