공직가치가 공무원의 조직침묵에 미치는 영향: 조직정치의 매개효과와 변혁적 리더십의 조절된 매개효과를 중심으로

This study investigates the effect of public servants’ recognition of public values on organizational silence, focusing on the mediating role of organizational politics and the moderated mediation effect of transformational leadership. Using data from the 2024 Public Service Life Survey conducted by the Korea Institute of Public Administration, hierarchical regression analysis and bootstrapping techniques were employed. The results reveal that public values significantly reduce perceptions of organizational politics, which in turn lead to a decrease in organizational silence through an indirect effect. Furthermore, the negative impact of public values on organizational politics is more pronounced when the level of transformational leadership is high, thereby enhancing the indirect effect on reducing organizational silence. By empirically validating the psychological mechanism linking public values, organizational politics, and organizational silence, this study confirms the moderating role of transformational leadership in this relationship. The study also presents an integrated analytical framework based on social exchange theory and self-determination theory, thereby extending the theoretical understanding of the interaction among values, power, and leadership in public organizations. In terms of practical implications, the findings suggest the importance of fostering value internalization through organizational culture innovation, enhancing communication through leadership development, and designing institutional strategies to mitigate perceptions of organizational politics.