The Causes and Effects of Organizational Silence from the View of Islam

The present paper concentrates on exploring the view of Islam about the dimensions, causes and effects of organizational silence through a grounded Theorg Research. “Organizational silence” is among the questions which has an effective role in different issues and at individual, group and organizational levels. Given the varied discussions of this issue, expanding the view of Islam about this silence can be a new way of approaching this issue. Therefore, this paper analyzes organizational silence according to the view of Islam and provides a model of its organizational causes and effects.Islam stresses the importance of reasonable behavior and abstinence from unreasonable behavior in man's acts. As patterns of behavior, silence and speech are no exception. In this research, silence and speech are studied under two general headings: reasonable and unreasonable. The influential factors in the model of organizational silence as viewed by Islam are: to know, to want and to be able. Both Reasonable and unreasonable silence and speech exert influence on individuals, groups and organizations.