The Effect of Presenteeism on Organizational Silence: A Study in Tourism Sector Cover Image

İşte Var Olamamanın Örgütsel Sessizlik Üzerine Etkisi: Turizm Sektöründe Bir Araştırma
The Effect of Presenteeism on Organizational Silence: A Study in Tourism Sector

Author(s): Şerife Karagöz, Hasan Hüseyin Uzunbacak
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Organizational Psychology, Tourism
Published by: Gazi Üniversitesi- Turizm Fakültesi
Keywords: Presenteeism; Organizational Silence; Tourism Sector; Structural Equation Modeling;

Summary/Abstract: Presenteeism which can cause various organizational problems particularly the loss of effectivity has affected the psychological and physiological health of the employee. On the other hand, the silence process which starts with the employee’s choice of not sharing the knowledge and ideas with various reasons such as fear of losing the job, fear of not fulfillment of career goals has been causing problems in the organizational aspect. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of hotel employees' perceptions of presenteeism on organizational silence. The sample of the study consists of 272 hotel employees. In the research, a questionnaire form was used as a data collection tool. The questionnaire consists of presenteeism scale, organizational silence scales and demographic questions. Data were collected from the snowball sampling method. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 22.0 and AMOS 21.0 programs. Descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation and structural equation model were used in the analysis of the data. According to the findings of the research, the perceptions of hotel business employees' presenteeism, significantly affect the acquiescent silence, protective silence and defensive silence.

  • Issue Year: 4/2020
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 1941-1957
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Turkish