Organizational members may be reluctant to express opinions or concerns because they feel that speaking out is futile. This phenomenon, named “acquiescent silence,” is examined in this paper through the lens of learned helplessness theory.
Dirk Steiner, Clement F A Andrieu
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Acquiescent and defensive silence in an Indonesian context [PDF]
Although employee silence is already well-known to cause harms to both employees and organizations, less is known about the individual and situational factors that can influence it. This study reveals the relationships among acquiescent silence, defensive silence, psychological contract breaches, job-based psychological ownership, voice efficacy ...
Corina D Riantoputra
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The Effect of Despotic Leadership on the Employee Work Withdrawal Behavior and Acquiescent Silence [PDF]
Purpose: The main aim to conduct this research is to identify whether LMX mediates the relationship between despotic leadership and acquiescence silence. In addition, the study also takes into account the role of Quality of work life as a mediator in
Syed Asif Kazmi +2 more
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Employee silence, job burnout and job engagement among teachers: the mediational role of psychological safety [PDF]
Background: Teaching is a highly demanding profession, with teachers reporting increasing levels of burnout. Accumulated evidence indicates that inhibiting the expression of one’s thoughts, emotions, and behaviors continuously can take a psychological ...
Maria Kassandrinou +3 more
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Despotic Leadership and Career Growth: The Mediating Roles of Work Withdrawal and Acquiescent Silence Behavior Among Nurses [PDF]
Background: Despotic leadership presents major obstacles in hierarchical healthcare settings, particularly affecting nurses' perceptions of professional growth under sustained demands. Aim: This study investigated work withdrawal behavior and acquiescent
Alia Ibrahim Mohamed +3 more
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Centralization and Communication Opportunities as Predictors of Acquiescent or Prosocial Silence
We conducted a survey with 744 highly skilled full-time employees of South Korean conducted a survey with 744 highly skilled full-time employees of South Korean organizations to examine the associations among 2 organizational factors, namely to examine the associations among 2 organizational factors, namely centralization and communication ...
Alisher Dedahanov
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We investigated the relationships among power distance, collectivism, punishment, and a multidimensional construct of silence. Participants were 628 full-time employees of 27 heavy-industry companies in South Korea. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling were performed to test our hypothesized model.
Alisher Dedahanov
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Voice in the Void: From Voice to Acquiescent Silence over Time as Learned Helplessness in Organizations- CORRIGENDUM [PDF]
This article has been updated since it was originally published. In Table 1 it has been corrected Milliken et al. (2003, p. 1468) instead of Millinken and Morrison (2003, p. 1468) and its corresponding reference at the end section.The publisher and authors apologise for these errors.
Dirk Steiner, Clement F A Andrieu
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Despotic Leadership, Acquiescent Silence, and Organizational Career Growth [PDF]
Rahma Fawzy Elsayed Hassan +2 more
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Silence is golden? Relationship between silent behavior among online community members and operation performance from the perspective of personality trait [PDF]
As companies are transforming their branding, marketing, operations, and research and development (R&D) by running online communities to build their core competitive advantages in the digital era, the silent majority is still the norm in the online ...
Xueliang Pei +6 more
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