The impact of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence In Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
Introduction: Organizational Culture is one of the most important factors that can change the climate of silence. The main aim of this research was to investigate the influence of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Method: This rese...
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| description | Introduction: Organizational Culture is one of the most important factors that can change the climate of silence. The main aim of this research was to investigate the influence of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.
Method: This research was a descriptive-correlation one. The target population was chosen
from 1900 staff of the University of Medical sciences and Health Care headquarter in Shiraz. Thus 311 employees were selected using the Krejcie and Morgan sampling table. The instrument used in this research was Denison (2006) organizational culture questionnaire and Dimitris Buratas and Maria Vacula (2007) organizational culture. Cornbrash’s alpha method was used to calculate the reliability. The Item analysis and expert consensus were applied to calculate the validity of instruments. All gathered data analyzed with PLS software.
Results: The results showed that the four dimensions of organizational culture include organizational involvement, organizational adaptability, organizational concistency and organizational mission was moderate and the mean scores obtained for each factor were
2.85, 2.82, 2.94 and 2.93 respectively. Structural equation model showed Organizational culture has a significant positive impact on organizational silence (β=0.68; P<.001).
Conclusion: Based on the results and impact of organizational culture on organizational silence that is positive and significant; The organization further efforts to strengthen various aspects of organizational culture, especially the employees’ involvement in decision making; Employees can better express their opinions and thus reduced their organizational silence. In other words strengthening corporate culture is combined with the reduction of organizational silence. Medical organizations can establish appropriate reward system for creative ideas and suggestions to encourage people express their ideas As a result, reduced organizational silence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00d368e789c0451a960cf6c576b165ae2022-12-22T01:30:03ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Health Management & Informatics2322-10972423-58572017-01-01412530The impact of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence In Shiraz University of Medical SciencesEbrahim Parcham0Alireza Ghasemizad1Department of Management, Faculty of Executive Managment, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Educational Administration, Kazerun Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kazerun, IranIntroduction: Organizational Culture is one of the most important factors that can change the climate of silence. The main aim of this research was to investigate the influence of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Method: This research was a descriptive-correlation one. The target population was chosen from 1900 staff of the University of Medical sciences and Health Care headquarter in Shiraz. Thus 311 employees were selected using the Krejcie and Morgan sampling table. The instrument used in this research was Denison (2006) organizational culture questionnaire and Dimitris Buratas and Maria Vacula (2007) organizational culture. Cornbrash’s alpha method was used to calculate the reliability. The Item analysis and expert consensus were applied to calculate the validity of instruments. All gathered data analyzed with PLS software. Results: The results showed that the four dimensions of organizational culture include organizational involvement, organizational adaptability, organizational concistency and organizational mission was moderate and the mean scores obtained for each factor were 2.85, 2.82, 2.94 and 2.93 respectively. Structural equation model showed Organizational culture has a significant positive impact on organizational silence (β=0.68; P<.001). Conclusion: Based on the results and impact of organizational culture on organizational silence that is positive and significant; The organization further efforts to strengthen various aspects of organizational culture, especially the employees’ involvement in decision making; Employees can better express their opinions and thus reduced their organizational silence. In other words strengthening corporate culture is combined with the reduction of organizational silence. Medical organizations can establish appropriate reward system for creative ideas and suggestions to encourage people express their ideas As a result, reduced organizational silence.http://jhmi.sums.ac.ir/index.php/JHMI/article/view/326/111Organizational cultureOrganizational silenceStructural equation modelShiraz University of Medical Sciences |
| spellingShingle | Ebrahim Parcham Alireza Ghasemizad The impact of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence In Shiraz University of Medical Sciences Journal of Health Management & Informatics Organizational culture Organizational silence Structural equation model Shiraz University of Medical Sciences |
| title | The impact of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence In Shiraz University of Medical Sciences |
| title_full | The impact of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence In Shiraz University of Medical Sciences |
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| title_short | The impact of organizational culture on employees’ organizational silence In Shiraz University of Medical Sciences |
| title_sort | impact of organizational culture on employees organizational silence in shiraz university of medical sciences |
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