An extension to the EVLN model: the role of employees’ silence

Abstract

Purpose –Individuals’intentional responses to declining job satisfaction have been associated with theEVLN model. Employees’silence, as an independent construct, can be understood as an individual,intentional and deliberate decision to retain important information for the organization. The purpose of thispaper is to analyze employees’silence, which can be understood as a fifth individual response to jobsatisfaction declining, along with the remaining four responses proposed in the EVLN model. It is proposed asan extension to the original model through the introduction of employee silence; the model is referred to as theEVLNS model.