EMPLOYEE VOICE BEHAVIOUR AND NORMATIVE COMMITMENT: INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO CONSTRUCTS IN THE LITERATURE

The study established a significant relationship between Employee Voice Behaviour (EVB) and Normative Commitment (NC). A total of 43 relevant studies; 18 EVB and 25 NC studies were systematically selected from Business Source Complete, Emerald Insight, Oxford Brookes University Library Search, and Google Scholar databases. NVivo computer software was used to arrange the material, and content analysis was conducted. Nine words emerged as the most used by both sets of researchers; EVB and NC researchers. The researchers established that EVB and NC are connected by ‘employees’, ‘relationships’, ‘organisational’, ‘study’, ‘results’, ‘psychological’, ‘data’, ‘support’ and ‘job/role’. Despite these words being few and other limitations associated with vigorous selection of relevant studies, the findings of this study are important and should be considered by relevant scholars and practitioners. However, future researchers should consider primary studies to establish the outcome of this study. Keyword: Employee Voice Behaviour; Normative Commitment; Relationship; Systematic Revie