Abstract:

Although the phenomenon of organizational silence is widely found at organizations there is little research on its dimensions and effects Different literature suggests that employees are unwilling to speak up about organizational issues and concerns This situation shows a contradiction in new management paradigms in which human resource was taken as the core concept In recent years some studies concentrating on the silence issue from the point of organization and employees have been carried out This study will present a framework for the issue for both paying attention and making contrition to further researches in Turkey where there have been little studies on the topic Therefore in the study the concept of organizational silence concepts related to different expression forms theories which silence is based on factors producing and developing the issue have been discussed by investigating a wide and diverse literature Additionally recommendations on the future directions have been offered at the end of the article Key words: Organization silence

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