Abstract:

The present study aimed to present teachers' perception in secondary schools on organizational silence and to identify whether this perception varied across demographic variables. The study group is composed of all secondary schools in the city center of Sivas. 300 teachers working in these schools were identified as the sample group using the convenience sampling method. The research data were collected using the Organizational Silence Scale composed of 3 dimensions and 30 items. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 22 package program. In data evaluation, in addition to descriptive statistical methods, the independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA analyses were used. The analysis results demonstrated that participants' perception on organizational silence was above average. In the study, no significant difference was found between the subscales of organizational silence and variables such as teachers' gender, marital status, branch, year of seniority and working year in the current school. A significant difference was found only between the teacher subscale and the branch variable. Suggestions were provided at the end of the study, based on findings. In this context, it can be said that teachers and administrators have duties in preventing the organizational silence behavior experienced in the school environment.

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