The purpose of this chapter is to provide a summary of research and theory related
to this study. The first section of the chapter reviews the theoretical perspectives on
employee voice and presents factors affecting employee voice. The second section
outlines two different perspectives on empowerment and the exiting literature on
empowering leadership. A discussion on the literature on power distance and
organizational learning capability follows. The literature review concludes with a
theoretical framework and the formulated hypotheses for this study