This introduction introduces the special issue on employee voice in the Asia Pacific. Whilst there is an extensive literature on employee voice in western countries in regions such as Europe and the United States, we know less about the state of employee voice in the Asia Pacific regions. One of these gaps relates to how the institutional factors as well as national cultural factors influence the employee voice arrangements and mechanisms. While we have some understanding of how national contextual factors can influence employee voice behaviour, such as through leadership behaviour and supervisor‐subordinate relationships, there is still much to be understood with regard to how the different Asia Pacific cultural characteristics will influence voice. With governance and representative structures of voice embedded in particular institutional contexts there are significant differences not only between Asia Pacific economies and the rest of the world, but also between and within the Asia Pacific economies themselves.

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亚太区员工心声

本简介介绍了有关亚太地区员工心声的特刊。尽管欧美等地区的西方国家有大量有关员工意见的文献，但我们对亚太地区员工意见的状态了解较少。这些差距之一与制度因素以及民族文化因素如何影响员工的话语安排和机制有关。尽管我们对国家背景因素如何影响员工的言语行为（例如通过领导行为和上司与下属的关系）有所了解，但对于亚太地区不同文化特征如何影响言语，仍有很多理解。