Örgütsel Sessizliğe Dair Kavramsal Bir İnceleme
A Conceptual Review on Organizational Silence

Summary/Abstract: Organizational silence can be defined as the fact that employees act with obedience, fear and cooperation motives in the face of a subject or problem and do not deliberately share their knowledge, feelings and thoughts. The concept of organizational silence, which is considered as a response indicator within the organization and contains many emotions and emerges for organizational and individual reasons, has started to gain importance in recent years. Organizational silence causes many negative impacts on both employees and organizations unless measures are taken. It is very important for managers to eliminate the causes of organizational silence, form an organizational structure in which employees can express their knowledge, feelings and thoughts without fear and make efforts to prevent organizational silence from becoming a widespread culture within the organization. In this study, a comprehensive definition of the concept of organizational silence which is found in the majority of organizations, but whose importance is ignored, is explained and the historical development, causes, types and effects of organizational silence are discussed in detail. This study provides theoretical information about organizational silence, may contribute to future studies.

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