Abstract:

Management schools and directors have been emphasizing on the importance of employee input for the organizational success However researches have shown that the employees consciously withhold their knowledge and ideas about organizational issues and this is a widespreadly observed phenomenon This paradoxical situation has been the starting point of the studies concerning the silence in organizations A survey has been conducted in a higher educational institution in 2007 January concerning the issues employees remain silent why they behave like that and how they perceive the results of the silence The questionnaire was implemented by mainly face to face based on the convenience sampling including 327 academic and 181 administrative staff The issues that the employees remain silent might be grouped under five factors explaining 69 of the variance; ethical issues and responsibilities management problem the performance of employees improvement efforts and work place possibilities The reasons why the employees remain silent might be collected under five factors explaining 62 of the variance; administrative and organizational reasons fears related to work lack of experience fear of isolation and fear of damaging the relationships The perceptional results of silence on the other hand might be explained under three factors explaining 61 of the variance; results blocking better performance and synergy results limiting improvement and development and results making the employees unhappy The article ends with discussion and some suggestions Key words: Organization employee silence

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