Determine of Relationship between Managers' Leadership Style and the Organizational Silence of Staffs of Department of Sport and Youth Hamedan Province.

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between managers 'leadership style and staff’s silence of  Department of Sport and Youth in Hamedan province by descriptive-correlation method. The statistical population included all employees of sport and youth departments of  Hamedan province that 108 samples were obtained from Morgan and Krejski tables. In order to collect the required information, in addition to the demographic questionnaire, the Likert leadership styles questionnaire and the organizational silence questionnaire (Vakula and Bouradas) were used. In addition to descriptive statistics, Kolmogorov Smirnov statistical methods and Pearson correlation were used. Findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between managers leadership styles and organizational silence of employees (p˂0/01, r=0/4672). Also There was a significant negative relationship between the dimensions of leadership style, such as benevolent (p˂0/01, r=0/4108), consultative (p˂0/01, r= 0/4674) and participatory (p˂0/01, r=0/4168) leadership style, with the silence of the organization employees. However, there was no significant relationship between the style of colonial leadership style and the silence of employees in the organization (p=0/143, r=0/174). Organizational silence also causes feelings of worthlessness, lack of control and cognitive dissonance that results in low motivation and commitment. Indeed, benevolent, consultative, and participatory leadership styles can to some extent prevent the silence of the organization's employees and provide the space to express the ideas and opinions of individuals in organizations.