Organizational Cronyism and Employee Silence:
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2019
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UMT.Lahore
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Employee silence is an organizational reality that poses significant challenges for most organizations. However, despite such prevailing issues, in comparison to voice, employee silence has yet to receive its due attention in extant literature. In light of such gaps, this objective of this study was to examine the relationship between organizational cronyism and employees’ (acquiescent and quiescent) silence behaviors from the perspective of COR theory. From the target population of employees working in Lahore, Pakistan in various organizational sectors, data for research was obtained through a time-lagged survey comprising 226 respondents. The findings revealed that organizational cronyism via felt violation plays a significant role in developing employee silence. In addition, results also demonstrated that the effects of this relationship were further moderated by employees’ level of continuance commitment, leading to greater engagement in silence behaviours. Given such results, the contribution for theory and practice are accordingly discussed.