Table 1.

Definitions of organizational silence

Author (year)Definition
Morrison and Milliken (2000) “a collective phenomenon where employees withhold their opinions and concerns about potential organizational problems” (p. 707)
Bowen and Blackmon (2003) spirals of silence within groups that hinder honest discussion that is critical to organizational improvement
Bagheri et al. (2012) “situations where employees withhold information that might be useful to the organization to which they are a part of whether intentionally or unintentionally” (p. 50)
Source: Authors’ own work

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