An empirical study to determine the relationship between occupational self-efficacy and organizational silence

The concept of occupational self-efficacy means the efficacy perceptions of employees in theiroccupational fields, and the concept of organizational silence means the employees avoid to voicetheir ideas and suggestions about organizational issues. The main aim of this study is to examinethe relationship between the concepts of occupational self-efficacy and organizational silence byrevealing employees perceptions of occupational self- efficacy and organizational silence level.With this aim, the survey study was conducted on total 114 academicians who work in Universityof Bayburt. As a result of research, while the significant relationship was found betweenemployees perceptions of occupational self-effica cy and organizational silence level, there wasreached a result that this relationship incurred the negatively relationship between perceptions ofoccupational self-efficacy and negative silence.