Too depressed and anxious to speak up: The relationships between weekly fluctuations in mental health and silence at work.

IF 5.9 1区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED
Kyle M Brykman, Anika Cloutier, Erica L Carleton, Daniel Samosh
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Abstract

While it is widely acknowledged that some employees are more prone to silence than others, emerging research suggests that silence is much more dynamic than previously indicated, as even the most vocal employee will withhold input in some situations. However, given scant empirical attention to intraindividual fluctuations in silence, several important questions remain regarding its etiological antecedents, the mechanisms underlying such effects, and potential factors mitigating them. We respond by integrating the silence and mental health literature to consider how fluctuations in employees' experiences of depression and anxiety relate to fluctuations in silence via distinct silence motives. Specifically, we propose that employees are likely to engage in silence while experiencing episodes of depression because depressive symptomology shifts perceptions toward voice being pointless (i.e., ineffectual silence motive). Likewise, we propose that employees are likely to engage in silence while experiencing flare-ups of anxiety because anxious symptomology shifts perceptions toward voice being dangerous (i.e., defensive silence motive). Finally, we argue that voice endorsement attenuates these relationships by interrupting the link between silence motives and behaviors, such that employees experiencing heightened ineffectual and defensive silence motives are less likely to remain silent during weeks in which they experience high voice endorsement. We find support for these predictions via an experience sampling methodology study conducted with 136 employees across 4 weeks. We discuss how these results enhance theoretical clarity on the dynamic links between mental health and silence and offer insights into how organizations can counteract intrapersonal variations in silence. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

过于抑郁和焦虑而不敢说话:每周的心理健康波动与工作中的沉默之间的关系。
尽管人们普遍认为,有些员工比其他员工更容易保持沉默,但新的研究表明,沉默的动态性比以前所指出的要大得多,因为即使是最善于表达的员工在某些情况下也会保持沉默。然而,由于对沉默的个体内部波动缺乏实证关注,关于沉默的病因、这种影响的内在机制以及缓解这种影响的潜在因素等几个重要问题依然存在。对此,我们整合了沉默和心理健康方面的文献,考虑员工抑郁和焦虑经历的波动如何通过不同的沉默动机与沉默的波动相关联。具体来说,我们认为,员工在经历抑郁发作时很可能会保持沉默,因为抑郁症状会使他们认为声音毫无意义(即无效沉默动机)。同样,我们认为员工在焦虑发作时也可能保持沉默,因为焦虑症状会使他们认为声音是危险的(即防御性沉默动机)。最后,我们认为,声音认可通过中断沉默动机和行为之间的联系,削弱了这些关系,因此,在经历高声音认可的几周内,经历无效和防御性沉默动机增强的员工不太可能保持沉默。我们通过对 136 名员工进行了为期 4 周的经验取样方法研究,发现这些预测得到了支持。我们讨论了这些结果如何提高了心理健康与沉默之间动态联系的理论清晰度,并为组织如何应对沉默中的个人内部差异提供了见解。(PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA,保留所有权利)。
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8.20
自引率
5.90%
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期刊介绍: Journal of Occupational Health Psychology offers research, theory, and public policy articles in occupational health psychology, an interdisciplinary field representing a broad range of backgrounds, interests, and specializations. Occupational health psychology concerns the application of psychology to improving the quality of work life and to protecting and promoting the safety, health, and well-being of workers. This journal focuses on the work environment, the individual, and the work-family interface.
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