The Effect of Work Ethics on Organizational Silence with the Mediating Role of Social Wear
Akhlāq-i zīstī i.e., Bioethics Journal,
Vol. 10 No. 35 (1399),
1 July 2020
,
Page 1-13
https://doi.org/10.22037/bioeth.v10i35.29514
Abstract
Background and Aim: Today, If Employees Can Easily Convey Their Ideas and Ideas About the Organization, They Will Show Better Motivation and Performance. There are powerful forces in many organizations that cause widespread withholding of information about potential problems or issues by employees. This is called organizational silence. The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effect of work ethics on Organizational Silence with the Mediating role of Social wear.
Materials and Methods: The study method was descriptive and correlational with Structural Equation Method (SEM). The statistical population of the study consisted of all the staffs of sport and youth departments in northwest of Iran and 195 samples were selected using stratified random sampling. Work ethics questionnaire, social wear questionnaire and organizational silence questionnaire were used to collect the information. Content validity of questionnaires have been confirmed and their reliabilities were 0.87, 0.79, and 0.82, respectively. SPSS 22 and LISREL software was utilized in order to analyze the collected data Spss software (mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficient, Skewness and stretching).
Findings: In this study, 195 people (including 41 females and 154 males) from employees of the General Departments of Sports and Youth of the west of the country participated. Their average age was 35.69, their average work experience was 7 years, and most subjects (89) had a bachelor's degree. The average work ethic was 85.12, the average social wear was 42.31, and the average organizational silence was 45.19. The results indicated that Work ethic has a direct effect on organizational silence with a regression coefficient (β=-0.44) and on social wear with a regression coefficient (β=-0.50) (p <0.01), social wear has a direct effect on organizational silence (β=-0.36) (p <0.01), also the mediating role of social wear was also significant in the relationship between work ethic and organizational silence had significant (β=-0.36) (p <0.01).
Ethical Considerations: In compiling this research, preserving the originality of the texts, honesty and fidelity have been respected.
Conclusion: Based on the results of research, work ethic and social wear have a direct effect on organizational silence, therefore, it can be concluded that work ethic and social wear may be taken into account as one of the important factors on organizational silence.
Cite this article as: Azizian Kohan N, Moharram Zadeh M, Naghizadeh Baghi A, Nobakht F. The Effect of Work Ethics on Organizational Silence with the Mediating Role of Social Wear. Bioethics Journal 2020; 10(35): e13.
- Work Ethic; Social Wear; Organizational Silence
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