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Speaking up in financial co-operatives: How values and job type shape employee commitment

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  • Piasecki Przemysław

    (Department of Labour and Social Policy, Poznań University of Economics and Business, al. Niepodległości 10, 61‑875 Poznań, Poland)

  • Ławrynowicz Maciej

    (Department of Labour and Social Policy, Poznań University of Economics and Business, al. Niepodległości 10, 61‑875 Poznań, Poland)

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This article examines the relationship between employee voice and affective commitment in co‑operative financial institutions. It focuses particularly on the moderating role that perceived employer orientation towards co‑operative values and principles as well as job type (front‑or back‑office) has regarding the relationship between two types of voice (challenging and supportive) and affective commitment. The analysis was performed with a dataset of 217 employees from 8 UK building societies. The results indicate a clear positive relationship between supportive employee voice and affective commitment, while the effect of challenging voice is more complex. Moreover, both employee voice types correlate with higher affective commitment for employees who view their employer as little oriented towards co‑operative values and principles, but not for those who rated their employer attached to these values. Finally, job type has little impact on the effects of employee voice, although a slightly more positive reaction from back‑office staff is noticeable.

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  • Piasecki Przemysław & Ławrynowicz Maciej, 2025. "Speaking up in financial co-operatives: How values and job type shape employee commitment," Economics and Business Review, Sciendo, vol. 11(3), pages 143-166.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:ecobur:v:11:y:2025:i:3:p:143-166:n:1002
    DOI: 10.18559/ebr.2025.3.1990
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    JEL classification:

    • J54 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms
    • G20 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - General
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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