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Employee voice and silence in organizational behavior

Brinsfield, Chad T.·2014·Handbook of Research on Employee Voice
DOI 10.4337/9780857939272.00015
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Envision yourself in a department meeting planning the launch of a vital corporate initiative. You have serious reservations about a proposed plan, but you hold back and do not express these concerns to your coworkers. Think about what it must have been like to be a young soldier in Iraq stationed at the Abu Ghraib prison in 2004. You have witnessed egregious human rights violations by some of your fellow soldiers toward Iraqi prisoners. Do you speak up, or do you remain silent? Or, imagine you are a line manager for a large manufacturer which is experiencing tenuous employee relations. You recognize the need for employees to be able to express their concerns. However, you are uncertain how, or to what extent, to grant voice to your employees. All of these examples represent situations where voice may be used as an expressive or participative medium in the workplace. Moreover, these scenarios also suggest that the efficacy of voice is not always clear cut, and that sometimes silence is a compelling alternative. In this chapter I explore the study of employee voice and silence within the field of organizational behavior (OB) and propose avenues through which our understanding of situations like these can be further enhanced.

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Authors
Brinsfield, C. T.
Corresponding author
Brinsfield, Chad T.
ORCID
Brinsfield, Chad T.
Venue
Handbook of Research on Employee Voice
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published
2014-04-25
DOI
10.4337/9780857939272.00015
OpenAlex
W4249816141
Cited by
31
References
0
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 1
FWCI
13.26
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Public Administration › Labor Movements and Unions
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
Keywords
employee voice, employee silence, organizational behavior, workplace dissent, employee participation

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