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  • 2021
  • Article

Reflections: Voice and Silence in Workplace Conversations

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Tijs Besieux
We highlight conversations at work as an arena of change. Drawing on and extending the psychological safety literature, we offer a new framework to distinguish between productive and unproductive forms of both voice and silence. The framework’s four... View Details
Keywords: Conversation; Silence; Voice; Psychological Safety; Interpersonal Communication; Quality; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation
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Edmondson, Amy C., and Tijs Besieux. "Reflections: Voice and Silence in Workplace Conversations." Journal of Change Management 21, no. 3 (2021): 269–286.
  • 2009
  • Article

The Dynamics of Silencing Conflict

By: Leslie Perlow and Nelson Repenning
In many organizations, when people perceive a difference with another they often do not fully express themselves. Despite creating innumerable problems, silencing conflict is a persistent phenomenon. While the antecedents of acts of silence are well documented, little... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Management Style; Conflict Management; Societal Protocols
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Perlow, Leslie, and Nelson Repenning. "The Dynamics of Silencing Conflict." Research in Organizational Behavior 29 (2009): 195–223.
  • 01 Jan 2013
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Silencing the Smartphone

  • October 2023 (Revised August 2024)
  • Supplement

Alnylam: A Loud Silence (B)

By: Satish Tadikonda, William Marks and Shardule Shah
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Tadikonda, Satish, William Marks, and Shardule Shah. "Alnylam: A Loud Silence (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 824-042, October 2023. (Revised August 2024.)
  • 26 Jan 2015
  • News

The Silenced Connecticut Sex-Abuse Case

  • 26 May 2003
  • Research & Ideas

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

Silence is associated with many virtues: modesty, respect for others, prudence, decorum. Thanks to deeply ingrained rules of etiquette, people silence themselves to avoid embarrassment, confrontation, and... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
  • 10 Dec 2013
  • News

Harvard Business School Preaches in Silence

  • October 2023 (Revised July 2024)
  • Case

Alnylam: A Loud Silence (A)

By: Satish Tadikonda, William Marks and Shardule Shah
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Tadikonda, Satish, William Marks, and Shardule Shah. "Alnylam: A Loud Silence (A)." Harvard Business School Case 824-041, October 2023. (Revised July 2024.)
  • 2003
  • Working Paper

The Dynamics of Silencing Conflict

By: Leslie Perlow and Nelson Repenning
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Perlow, Leslie, and Nelson Repenning. "The Dynamics of Silencing Conflict." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 04-014, November 2003.
  • May 2003
  • Article

Is Silence Killing Your Company?

By: Leslie Perlow and Stephanie Williams
Keywords: Business Ventures
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Perlow, Leslie, and Stephanie Williams. "Is Silence Killing Your Company?" Harvard Business Review 81, no. 5 (May 2003): 52–58.
  • 22 Jan 2014
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Why Silence is Not Enough

  • 25 Jun 2013
  • News

Silence (In the Conference Room) Is Deadly

  • 17 Jul 2017
  • News

Silence breaks through the noise of success

  • 2003
  • Class Lecture

The Danger of Silencing Conflict at Work

By: Leslie Perlow
Keywords: Conflict Management
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Perlow, Leslie. "The Danger of Silencing Conflict at Work." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2003. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 5615C.)
  • 2013
  • Book

Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education

By: Michel Anteby

Corporate accountability is never far from the front page and Harvard Business School trains many future business leaders. But how does HBS formally and informally ensure its members embrace proper business standards? Relying on his faculty experience, Michel Anteby... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Business Education; Higher Education; Education; Education Industry; United States
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Anteby, Michel. Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
  • 2003
  • Book

When You Say Yes But Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies

By: Leslie Perlow
“Saying yes when you really mean no” is a problem that haunts organizations from start-ups to multi-nationals. It exists across industries, levels, and functions. And it’s exacerbated by a down economy, when the fear of losing one’s job is on everybody’s mind and the... View Details
Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Relationships; Business Ventures
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Perlow, Leslie. When You Say Yes But Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies. New York: Crown Business, 2003.
  • 2009
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Silenced by Fear: The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Fear at Work

By: Jennifer Kish Gephart, James R. Detert, Linda K. Trevino and Amy C. Edmondson
In every organization, individual members have the potential to speak up about important issues, but a growing body of research suggests that they often remain silent instead, out of fear of negative personal and professional consequences. In this chapter, we draw on... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Working Conditions; Research; Emotions; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Theory; Behavior
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Kish Gephart, Jennifer, James R. Detert, Linda K. Trevino, and Amy C. Edmondson. "Silenced by Fear: The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Fear at Work." Research in Organizational Behavior 29 (2009): 163–193.

    Manufacturing Morals: The Values of Silence in Business School Education (book)

    Corporate accountability is never far from the front page and Harvard Business School trains many future business leaders. But how does HBS formally and informally ensure its members embrace proper business standards? Relying on his first-hand faculty... View Details

    • 10 Jan 2019
    • News

    Companies will perform better if employees are not cowed into silence

    • 08 Feb 2017
    • News

    In Trump’s America, the Price of Speech and Silence

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