Morphology of Expectancy Silence Phenomenon from the Perspective of Ministry of Interior Officials

Ghasempour, Hamed; Mousavi, Seyyed  Najmaddin; Shiri, Ardeshir; Sepahvand, Reza; Veiseh, Seyed Mehdi

doi:10.30473/ipom.2023.69102.4888

Document Type : Exploratory

Authors

¹ Ph.D. Student, Department of Management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

² Professor, Department of Administration, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

³ Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

⁴ Professor, Department of Public Administration, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

⁵ Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Ilam, Ilam, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.30473/ipom.2023.69102.4888

Abstract

The Expectancy Silence is the result of the barrage of unpleasant experiences from the poisoned arteries in the body of organizations, which forces some employees to continue office life by hiding expectations, strategies and tactics. Therefore, since about this phenomenon, a deep silence has covered the study space of organizational behavior management knowledge; This research aims to reveal the phenomenon of visible and invisible layers in the context of western governorates of the country (including Ilam, Kermanshah, Lorestan, Kurdistan and Hamedan) through morphology. This essay is based on exploratory mixed methodology. In the qualitative part, the basic theory of the systematic approach was used, and in the quantitative phase, the one-sample t-test was used for its validation and generalizability. The participants in the research were 18 students who were invited to participate in the research through the theoretical sampling method. The results of the research showed that in the deepest conceptual layer of the phenomenon of Expectancy Silence, the driving forces of administrative panic, quiet professions, strategic patience and shrewd situationalism are located, and the most superficial layer occurs in the form of behaviors such as radar avoidance, salaciousness and destructiveness. Also, the results of the validation of the model through the T-Tech test showed that, according to the experts, the conceptual model has theoretical validity.

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Volume 12, Vol 1. (Series 45) - Serial Number 45
January 2024
Pages 133-152

Morphology of Expectancy Silence Phenomenon from the Perspective of Ministry of Interior Officials

References

References

Volume 12, Vol 1. (Series 45) - Serial Number 45January 2024Pages 133-152

Volume 12, Vol 1. (Series 45) - Serial Number 45
January 2024
Pages 133-152