The Effects of Relationship Conflict on Silence Behavior and Service Oriented OCB with the Mediator of Thriving at Work Jung Go Eun Adviser : Prof. Jung Jin Chul. Ph.D. Department of Business Administration, Graduate School of Chosun University Health...
The Effects of Relationship Conflict on Silence Behavior and Service Oriented OCB with the Mediator of Thriving at Work Jung Go Eun Adviser : Prof. Jung Jin Chul. Ph.D. Department of Business Administration, Graduate School of Chosun University Healthcare organizations operate under high job demands, emotional labor, and intensive interpersonal interactions, placing hospital workers —particularly nursing staff—at heightened risk of experiencing relationship conflict. Relationship conflict refers to interpersonal tension and psychological strain arising from differences in values, communication breakdowns, and disagreements with supervisors, colleagues, patients, and caregivers. Such conflict can undermine emotional stability, suppress open communication, increase silence behavior, and ultimately diminish service quality. Thriving at work—defined as a psychological state characterized by vitality and learning—has emerged as a key personal resource that enables hospital workers to better cope with relational stressors. Although previous studies have examined the effects of job stress on worker behaviors, limited research has simultaneously explored the mediating role of thriving at work and the moderating role of value-oriented organizational culture in the relationships among relationship conflict, silence behavior, and service-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) within hospital settings. Given the unique characteristics of hospital environments, where collaborative care, continuous communication, and high emotional labor are essential, relationship conflict may exert an even more significant influence on worker behaviors. This study empirically investigates the multidimensional effects of relationship conflict on behavioral outcomes among hospital workers. Specifically, it examines whether thriving at work mediates the effects of relationship conflict on silence behavior and service-oriented OCB, and whether value-oriented organizational culture moderates these relationships. The research model conceptualizes relationship conflict as the independent variable; silence behavior and service-oriented OCB as dependent variables; thriving at work as a mediating variable; and value-oriented culture as a moderating variable. The findings provide meaningful implications by identifying the mechanisms through which relationship conflict shapes worker behaviors in hospital organizations. This study offers practical insights for developing human resource management strategies and organizational culture initiatives aimed at enhancing thriving, reducing silence behavior, and fostering service-oriented citizenship among hospital workers. Keywords: relationship conflict, thriving at work, silence behavior, service-oriented OCB, value-based organization culture, hospital organizations, hospital workers, nursing staff