@article{1ce7801f-0ab3-42f9-b1d6-fae3b922c0a5,
  abstract     = {{In communication and management research, coworker voice has been widely acknowledged as a central component for organizations’ long-term development and survival. With the increasing digitalization and need for flexibility, digital workplace meetings have become a common form of communication, demonstrating a new arena where coworker voice is expressed and shaped. Thus, the aim of this study is to gather an in-depth understanding of how coworker voice is shaped in digital meetings. With 13 semi-structured interviews within one case organization, the processes of how coworkers express voice in the digital communication environment is examined. This study analyzes the empirical material through the theoretical framework of media affordance theory and psychological safety. Our analysis demonstrates that digital and hybrid meetings change both how, who, and to what degree coworkers choose to express their voice. The medium’s affordances, such as the camera function that regulates visibility, as well as structured turn-taking through the hand-raising tool, are both enablers and barriers to coworker voice. Additionally, the perceived level of psychological safety varies significantly in digital meetings due to practical constraints, such as larger group sizes. The conclusions of the analysis are summarized into a list of enablers and barriers to coworker voicing. Additionally, a model is presented that illustrates the complex interplay of media affordances, psychological safety, and organizational context and its relevance in shaping coworker voice in digital meetings. We concluded that coworker voicing is shaped and reshaped by digital and hybrid meetings. because of the complex tensions where the same affordances can both promote and constrain the expression of voice.}},
  author       = {{Holster, Ella and Maja, Nikolic and Heide, Mats}},
  issn         = {{1356-3289}},
  keywords     = {{coworker voicing; digital meetings; digital work environment; workplace meetings; psychological safety; media affordance}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{05}},
  publisher    = {{Emerald Group Publishing Limited}},
  series       = {{Corporate Communications}},
  title        = {{“Shouting straight into space”: : Enablers and Barriers of Voicing in Digital Meetings}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}