Recent research on employee silence has grown rapidly, but findings remain quantitatively unsynthesized. This paper presents a comprehensive meta-analysis of antecedents and outcomes associated with employee silence derived from a proposed framework (k = 168 independent samples, N = 63,134 employees). The results demonstrated that employee silence was related to various leader-related factors, individual dispositions, and job perceptions and beliefs. Moreover, employee silence was also associated with essential well-being, job attitudes, and performance-related outcomes. Dominance analyses revealed that shared antecedents exerted differentiated roles in predicting silence and voice. Specifically, antecedents that align with behavioral activation systems (e.g., autonomy) accounted for a large proportion of the explained variance in voice, whereas antecedents that align with behavioral inhibition systems (e.g., psychological safety) accounted for a large proportion of the explained variance in silence. Subsequent analyses showed that associations with employee silence varied depending on distinguishable forms of employee silence. Finally, three forms of employee silence exhibited significant and incremental effects on job attitudes, task performance, and organizational citizenship behavior, with employee voice being considered simultaneously. These results also indirectly clued that employee voice and silence were distinct constructs. Beyond providing estimates of population correlations, the study implications and directions for future research are also discussed.

最近关于员工沉默的研究发展迅速，但研究结果在数量上仍未得到综合。本文对源自拟议框架（k  = 168 个独立样本，N = 63,134 名员工）。结果表明，员工沉默与各种领导相关因素、个人性格、工作认知和信念有关。此外，员工的沉默也与基本幸福感、工作态度和与绩效相关的结果有关。优势分析表明，共同的前因在预测沉默和声音方面发挥着不同的作用。具体来说，与行为激活系统（例如，自主性）一致的前因占语音解释方差的很大一部分，而与行为抑制系统（例如，心理安全）一致的前因占语音解释方差的很大一部分。安静。随后的分析表明，与员工沉默的关联因员工沉默的可区分形式而异。最后，三种形式的员工沉默对工作态度、任务绩效和组织公民行为表现出显着的增量影响，同时考虑了员工的声音。这些结果也间接表明员工的声音和沉默是不同的结构。除了提供人口相关性的估计外，还讨论了研究意义和未来研究的方向。这些结果也间接表明员工的声音和沉默是不同的结构。除了提供人口相关性的估计外，还讨论了研究意义和未来研究的方向。这些结果也间接表明员工的声音和沉默是不同的结构。除了提供人口相关性的估计外，还讨论了研究意义和未来研究的方向。