KUŞAKLAR VE ÖRGÜTSEL SESSİZLİK / SESLİLİK
GENERATIONS AND ORGANISATIONAL SILENCE/VOICE

Summary/Abstract: Aim: Generations can be defined as age groups influenced by political, cultural and other variables between periods. However, it is clear that there is not only age difference in the single detail that separates the generations from each other. It has been pointed out in literature that there are profound differences between generations in all organisational aspects. Organisational silence/voice, an organisational behaviour could differ in different generations. Leadership studies should keep up with the expectations of new coing generations. In this respect, the aim of this study is to evaluate the level of silence/voice within the organization on the basis of generations. Method: 30-item Organisational Silence Scale was used with convenience sampling method on a research set of fuel oil workers. The sample of the study consisted of 133 employees from 10 stations of a fuel distibution company in Istanbul. Findings: It was demonstrated that the general organisational silence level of Generation X is higher that Generation Y’s. Results: The utomost conntribution of this study is to give insights for managers in order to create a proper organisational climate considering the characteristics of Generation X and generation Y.

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