“…There are studies that add dimension (Cesur, Erkilet, & Taylan, 2015;Caliskan & Ozkoc, 2016;Khlaf & Tekin, 2021;Köksal, 2011;Ozgenel & Dursun, 2020). Similarly, in addition to the studies that deal with employee silence in an individual sense (Erbasi & Akdeniz, 2021;Erogluer & Erselcan, 2017;Sehitoglu & Zehir, 2010;Taskıran, 2011), it also deals with organizational silence in terms of organizational silence (Dogan & Kır, 2018;Tayfun & Catir, 2013) ıt is also possible to come across studies. However, no research has been found that examines and examines the effect of paternalistic leadership perception on employee silence in relation to personnel working in higher education institutions.…”