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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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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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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The double-edged role of creativity: silence mechanisms linking workplace incivility to counterproductive work behavior [PDF]
Drawing on conservation of resources theory, this study examines how workplace incivility influences CWB through employee silence in technology-mediated work environments while considering the moderating role of employee creativity.
Ailin Qiu +4 more
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Come and say what you think: reducing employees’ self-censorship through procedural and interpersonal justice [PDF]
Introduction Self-censorship in an organization may be defined as a conscious decision by employees to refrain from expressing opinions, criticism or suggestions in situations of perceived irregularities. There are at least two reasons for this decision:
Krystyna Adamska, Paweł Jurek
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The Effect of Despotic Leadership on the Employee Work Withdrawal Behavior and Acquiescent Silence
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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Acquiescent and defensive silence in an Indonesian context
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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Silence Among First-Line Managers in Eldercare and Their Continuous Improvement Work During Covid-19 [PDF]
Eldercare sector faced severe needs, and unexplained difficulties, to manage daily work and the continuous improvement of routines at operative levels during Covid-19.
Lotta Dellve Prof, PhD +1 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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The experiences of organizational silence among nurses: a qualitative meta-synthesis [PDF]
Objective A growing body of research shows that the organizational silence among nurses not only affects their job satisfaction and performance but also exacerbates their intention to leave their jobs, posing a threat to the long-term stability of the ...
Jingyi Zou +6 more
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