# Professor Frances Milliken and Professor Elizabeth Morrison's joint research on employee silence is cited

1 Faculty News August 3, 2015 ![Harvard Business Review logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_032358.jpg?itok=cHztGP4H)>

Excerpt from [Harvard Business Review](https://hbr.org/2015/08/research-were-much-more-powerful-and-persuasive-than-we-know) -- "In research by [Frances Milliken](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/frances-milliken) of New York University and two colleagues, the majority of 40 employees at knowledge companies reported having concerns about such issues as workflow improvement and ethics — but not speaking up about these issues to their supervisors. The belief that raising the issues would make no difference was the third most frequently cited reason. Said one employee: 'Even if I did comment on the issue, it was unlikely to change anything.'"

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