Abstract:

In this study, the relationship between the control perceptions of the employees in their work environment (work locus of control) and their strategies while expressing their disagreement or contradictory opinions about organizational policies and practices (organizational dissent) is examined. For this purpose, data collected from 180 white-collar employees working in different industries in Istanbul has been analyzed. The results indicate that work locus of control of the employees related to constructive articulated dissent, displaced dissent and questioning articulated dissent. Work locus of control explained the variance in constructive articulated dissent and questioning articulated dissent in the negative direction, and displaced dissent in positive direction. These results suggest that employees with external locus of control are prone to displaced dissent, refrain from making open a constructive and questioning articulative dissent. Moreover, when locus of control moves towards internal from external control, employees are more prone to use constructive and questioning dissent strategy, and their probability to use displaced dissent strategy decrease.

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