Meta-analysis of antecedents and consequences of organizational silence phenomenon in Iran

In recent years, the subject of organizational silence has become an important part of research in the field of organization and management. Organizational silence is considered to be a social phenomenon that is happened by several factors in the organization and influences the important organizational results. This research has been done with using a meta-analysis method and with the aim of quantitative compilation of the results of done researches on the factors affecting organizational silence and its implications in Iran and using the comprehensive meta-analysis software (CMA) for analyzing the data. In this study, were selected and and 21 dependnt different variables from these studies 30 independnt were Indentified. The results of this study showed that the variables of organizational identity, effective communication, positive organizational behavior, individual factors, management factors, social factors, organizational factors and managerial attitudes had the most effect on organizational silence in Iranian organizations. Also, the results of this study showed that organizational silence affects important organizational variables such as organizational entrepreneurship, employee psychological empowerment, job engagement, occupational stress, cardiacity, emotional attack and work happiness