The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees

Volume: 15 Number: 3 August 1, 2015
  • Korhan Karacaoğlu
  • Cengiz Küçükköylü
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The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees

Abstract

While employee silence, refers to situations in which employees do not express their ideas about organizational topics for several reasons. The organizational cynism means the negative attitudes of the employees against the organizations in which they are employed. Recently, many researchers have greatly dealth with these topics. Despite of this interest, when examining the literature, there are a very small number of studies in which the topics; employee silence and organizational cynism are discussed together. The aim of this study is to determine the impacts of employee silence and its dimensions on organizational cynicism. The sample of this research is 203 workers in Nevşehir Finance Organization. Data used in this research was gathered by a questionnaire composed of employee silence and organizational cynicism scale. Research findings have shown that there is a positive and low interaction between the employee silence and the organizational cynism. When the findings are evaluated in terms of the employee silence’s dimensions (acquiescent silence, quiescent silence and altruist (pro-social) silences); there is not any significant interaction with the organizational cynism

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English

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Authors

Korhan Karacaoğlu This is me

Cengiz Küçükköylü This is me

Publication Date

August 1, 2015

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August 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 15 Number: 3

APA
Karacaoğlu, K., & Küçükköylü, C. (2015). The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees. Ege Academic Review, 15(3), 401-408. https://izlik.org/JA53RJ96HP
AMA
1.Karacaoğlu K, Küçükköylü C. The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees. ear. 2015;15(3):401-408. https://izlik.org/JA53RJ96HP
Chicago
Karacaoğlu, Korhan, and Cengiz Küçükköylü. 2015. “The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees”. Ege Academic Review 15 (3): 401-8. https://izlik.org/JA53RJ96HP.
EndNote
Karacaoğlu K, Küçükköylü C (August 1, 2015) The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees. Ege Academic Review 15 3 401–408.
IEEE
[1]K. Karacaoğlu and C. Küçükköylü, “The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees”, ear, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 401–408, Aug. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA53RJ96HP
ISNAD
Karacaoğlu, Korhan - Küçükköylü, Cengiz. “The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees”. Ege Academic Review 15/3 (August 1, 2015): 401-408. https://izlik.org/JA53RJ96HP.
JAMA
1.Karacaoğlu K, Küçükköylü C. The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees. ear. 2015;15:401–408.
MLA
Karacaoğlu, Korhan, and Cengiz Küçükköylü. “The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees”. Ege Academic Review, vol. 15, no. 3, Aug. 2015, pp. 401-8, https://izlik.org/JA53RJ96HP.
Vancouver
1.Korhan Karacaoğlu, Cengiz Küçükköylü. The Effect of Employee Silence on Organizational Cynicism: A Study on Public Employees. ear [Internet]. 2015 Aug. 1;15(3):401-8. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA53RJ96HP