Do not say a word! Conceptualizing employee silence in a long-term crisis context
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Prouska, R. and Psychogios, A. 2018. Do not say a word! Conceptualizing employee silence in a long-term crisis context. The International Journal of Human Resource Management. 29 (5), pp. 885-914. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1212913
Type | Article |
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Title | Do not say a word! Conceptualizing employee silence in a long-term crisis context |
Authors | Prouska, R. and Psychogios, A. |
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. |
Research Group | Employment Relations group |
Publisher | Routledge |
Journal | The International Journal of Human Resource Management |
ISSN | 0958-5192 |
Electronic | 1466-4399 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 01 Aug 2016 |
03 Sep 2018 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 30 Jun 2016 |
Accepted | 29 Jun 2016 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal of Human Resource Management on 01/08/2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09585192.2016.1212913 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2016.1212913 |
Language | English |
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