The Effect of Paternalistic Leadership Perception on Employee Silence

Öz

In this study, information about the concepts of paternalist leadership and employee silence is presented and the perspectives of the employees of the organization on paternalist leadership, whether there is a significant relationship between employee silence and paternalist leadership in organizations where the perception of paternalist leadership is dominant, has been examined. In this direction, it is aimed to reveal whether there is a relationship between the paternalistic leadership perception of administrative personnel working in higher education institutions and employee silence. The universe of the research carried out in the relational scanning model; The personnel working in the administrative staff at Yozgat Bozok University are the sample of the research; They are the administrative staff of Yozgat Bozok University, which consists of 382 people. The data obtained in the research were collected by the survey method. In organizations managed with a paternalistic leadership perception, the behavior of the employees is examined closely and it is investigated whether there is any interaction. As a result, it is understood that, in general, the sub-dimension of creating a family atmosphere in the workplace has a low level of negative relationship with other dimensions, and a low level of positive relationship between each other in other sub-dimensions between paternalistic leadership and employee silence levels.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Leadership
• paternalism
• paternalistic leadership
• organizational silence
• employee silence

Paternalist Liderlik Algısının Çalışan Sessizliği Üzerindeki Etkisi

Öz

Bu çalışmada paternalist liderlik ve çalışan sessizliği kavramları hakkında bilgiler sunulmuş ve örgüt çalışanlarının paternalist liderliğe bakış açıları, paternalist liderlik algısının hâkim olduğu örgütlerde çalışan sessizliği ile paternalist liderlik arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olup olmadığı hususları incelenmiştir. Bu doğrultuda yükseköğretim kurumlarında görev yapan idari personellerin paternalist liderlik algısı ile çalışan sessizliği arasında ilişki olup olmadığını ortaya koymak amaçlanmaktadır. İlişkisel tarama modelinde gerçekleştirilen araştırmanın evrenini; Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi’nde idari kadroda görev yapan personeller araştırmanın örneklemini ise; 382 kişiden oluşan Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi idari personelidir. Araştırmada elde edilen veriler anket yöntemi ile toplanmıştır. Paternalist liderlik algısı ile yönetilen örgütlerde iş görenlerin davranışları yakından incelenerek herhangi bir etkileşim olup olmadığı araştırılmaktadır. Sonuç olarak paternalist liderlik ile çalışan sessizliği düzeyleri arasında, genel olarak iş yerinde aile ortamı oluşturma alt boyutunun diğer boyutlarla düşük düzeyde negatif yönlü bir ilişki düzeyine sahip olduğu, diğer alt boyutlarda kendi aralarında düşük düzeyde pozitif yönde bir ilişkiye sahip oldukları anlaşılmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Liderlik
• Paternalizm
• paternalist liderlik
• örgütsel sessizlik
• çalışan sessizliği

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