Do not say a word! Conceptualizing employee silence in a long-term crisis context

Prouska, Rea and Psychogios, Alexandros (2016) Do not say a word! Conceptualizing employee silence in a long-term crisis context. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. pp. 1-30. ISSN 0958-5192

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Abstract

Although research has emphasized the organizational and individual factors that influence employee voice and silence at work, it is less known how employee voice/silence is affected by the economic context, particularly when this context is one of intensive and long-term economic crisis in a country with weak institutional bases. In this study we explore how employee silence is formulated in long-term turbulent economic environments and in more vulnerable organizational settings like those of small enterprises. The study draws on qualitative data gathered from 63 interviews with employees in a total of 48 small enterprises in Greece in two periods of time (2009 and 2015). This study suggests a new type of employee silence, social empathy silence, and offers a conceptual framework for understanding the development of silence over time in particular contexts of long-term turbulence and crisis.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1212913
Dates:	Date Event 1 August 2016 Published
Subjects:	CAH17 - business and management > CAH17-01 - business and management > CAH17-01-05 - human resource management
Divisions:	Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Accountancy, Finance and Economics Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > College of Business, Digital Transformation & Entrepreneurship
Depositing User:	Alexandros Psychogios
Date Deposited:	06 Jul 2017 13:23
Last Modified:	20 Jun 2024 12:06
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/4716

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