This paper highlights the nature of individualistic employee voice in the context of contemporary Indian organisations. As the demand for knowledge workers increase, more organisations are finding that employee voice is critical for developing business intelligence. Yet, organisations often find their employees mostly silent despite the potential of knowledge sharing. Considering the benefits and the implicit costs associated with employee voice, the paper draws on senior executives’ accounts of employee voice that represent varied industry sectors and uses qualitative content analysis. The findings indicate broad themes around the nature, content, boundaries, avenues, and targets of voice along with its underlying mechanisms. The paper extends management perspectives on employee voice behaviour and contributes towards understanding the intricacies of individual dynamics and human experience in voice scholarship. The study has implications for Indian indigenous voice research and practice.

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印度背景下领导者对员工声音的描述：一项探索性研究

本文强调了在当代印度组织背景下员工个人主义声音的本质。随着对知识工作者的需求增加，越来越多的组织发现员工的声音对于开发商业智能至关重要。然而，尽管有知识共享的潜力，组织往往发现他们的员工大多保持沉默。考虑到与员工意见相关的收益和隐性成本，本文借鉴了代表不同行业的高级管理人员对员工意见的描述，并使用了定性内容分析。研究结果表明围绕声音的性质、内容、边界、途径和目标及其潜在机制的广泛主题。该论文扩展了对员工建言行为的管理观点，并有助于理解个人动态和人类体验在建言学中的复杂性。该研究对印度土著声音的研究和实践有影响。