چکیده:
Organizational voice and silence are two intertwined strategies in organizations. Organizational voice is an appropriate communicational tool in order to improve the organization. On the other hand, silence can have destructive effects on the decision-making process and organizational changes. Organizational culture is the important factor which facilitates ways of expressing ideas by employees and preventing silence. This applied study was a descriptive-analytical correlational analysis which aimed to investigate the effect of organizational culture on organizational silence and voice of faculty members of Islamic Azad University in Tehran. The population consisted of all faculty members of Islamic Azad universities in Tehran (1308 individuals). In this regard, 317 individuals were selected as a sample size using Morgan Table and stratified random sampling method. In the present study, stratified sampling was related to five branches in different regions (North, South, West, East, and Central branches of Tehran Azad Universities). Data collection was carried out using three standard questionnaires. For data analysis, Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) along with Lisrel software was performed. The results of the present investigation indicated that organizational culture had significant impact on organizational silence and voice of faculty members in Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
خلاصه ماشینی:
The Impact of Organizational Culture on Organizational Silence and Voice of Faculty Members of Islamic Azad University in Tehran Shima Sholekar1*, Behzad Shoghi2 1.
Faculty of Economics & Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad Universities, Tehran, Iran (Received: March 13, 2016; Revised: October 10, 2016; Accepted: October 19, 2016) Abstract Organizational voice and silence are two intertwined strategies in organizations.
This applied study was a descriptive-analytical correlational analysis which aimed to investigate the effect of organizational culture on organizational silence and voice of faculty members of Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
The results of the present investigation indicated that organizational culture had significant impact on organizational silence and voice of faculty members in Islamic Azad University in Tehran.
When employees believe that they can express their opinions and ideas and their suggestions may result in important changes in the organizational climate, they will bring benefits to their organization by expressing ideas (Doostar & Esmaeelzadeh, 2013).
In fact, voice climate refers to expressing employees' ideas, views and information voluntarily in order to improve their organization status (Morrison & Milliken, 2000).
Research Method and Instruments Since the present study aims to investigate the impact of organizational culture on organizational silence and voice of faculty members of Islamic Azad Universities in Tehran, the research method was applied as well as a descriptive-analytical and correlational analysis.
The purpose of this study was to explain the impact of organizational culture on organizational silence and voice of faculty members of Islamic Azad universities in Tehran.