Interaction between Organizational Silence and Innovation in Public Sector Organizations:A Study on Knowledge Workers of Humanities faculties in Tehran Province

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1 Ph.D. in Science & Technology Policy, University of Tehran

2 Graduated from Master of Public Policy at Imam Sadiq University

Abstract

Innovation deals with information and its success stops responding to the optimal and interactive flow of information and communication. Meanwhile, what disrupts the flow of knowledge and information is organizational silence. Organizational silence is a phenomenon in which employees deliberately refrain from comments, criticisms, suggestions and, in general, the sharing of hidden and hidden knowledge and information. This research seeks to identify as one of the most important barriers to innovation in public sector organizations the main aspects of the silence of knowledge workers in Tehran's School of Humanities. The present research is purpose-oriented, applied and methodically based on the methodology of foundation data. The statistical population of the research is the knowledge workers of the Faculties of Humanities of Tehran province and sampling has been done to saturation data. In this research, after identification of types of silence in the organization, the factors of silence, the consequences and strategies of reducing silence as the main dimensions of organizational silence of knowledge workers, a narrative on avoiding the breakdown of organizational silence and failing to move towards innovation in faculty Humanities.

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Innovation Management Journal
Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 24
September 2018
Pages 25-46

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  • Receive Date: 29 July 2018
  • Revise Date: 12 January 2019
  • Accept Date: 31 December 2018

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