Workplace ostracism limits opportunities for social interaction and discourages
nursing staff from forming lasting and meaningful relationships in an organization and
organizational cynicism and organizational silence are barriers against the improvement of
organizations. Aim: The study aimed to investigate the effect of workplace ostracism and
organizational cynicism on organizational silence among nursing staff. Subjects and Method:
Design: Descriptive correlation research design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted
at medical and surgical departments at Benha University Hospital. Subjects: a sample of nursing
staff 362 (46 head nurses and 316 nurses). Tools: Three tools were used for data collection of
this research as follows; workplace ostracism scale, organizational cynicism scale and
organizational silence scale