Debate on the Role of Organizational Silence Behaviors and Employee Efficiency

Debate on the Role of Organizational Silence Behaviors and Employee Efficiency

Oduyoye, O

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Organizations are growingly demanding their staff to be innovative, to express their ideas and to be responsible for the excessive expectations of the customers, and focus on the quality service delivery as an indicator of changing world. However, it has been observed from literature that organizations find it difficult to achieve their set goals due to lack of committed employees. Thus the paper investigated the role of organisational silence behaviours on employee efficiency in selected private Universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. The work made use of quantitative survey design where questionnaire was employed as the instrument of data gathering from six hundred and ninety six employees from five selected private universities in Ogun State, Nigeria. The results from the multiple regression analysis conducted revealed that oorganizational silence behaviors have combined positive significant effect on employee efficiency (Adjusted R2= 0.218, F(5,620) = 35.886, p< 0.05)).

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Oduyoye, O. 2020. \u201cDebate on the Role of Organizational Silence Behaviors and Employee Efficiency\u201d. Global Journal of Management and Business Research - A: Administration & Management GJMBR-A Volume 20 (GJMBR Volume 20 Issue A6): .

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