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Why good employees go quiet
📄 Full research article: https://www.keca.co.uk/articles/why-good-people-go-along-with-it
Workplace silence isn't always about fear—it's often learned futility.
We examine the psychological research showing why people stop speaking up at work when their input is consistently ignored. This is essential viewing if you want to understand why teams stay quiet even when they have vital feedback to share.
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Most people think colleagues stay silent at work because they're afraid. Often it's something else. In two experiments with 654 people, those who learned that speaking up changed nothing stopped speaking up when they got the chance and felt increasingly helpless. Silence, in other words, can be learned.
Simply announcing that your company values speaking up may miss the point entirely. What actually teaches people that speaking up matters? Silence, silence, smoke,iance, gloom.