There is a growing research interest in the concept of silence that is broadly understood as employees’ self-censorship in communication with their managers. Though the phenomenon is important for many organizations and attracts the interest of scholars, the field remains theoretically fragmented and predominantly conveys a rather narrow interest in how employees use silence in adverse organizational environments. Yet, an increasing number of research studies demonstrate that silence is not a uniform concept: it can play a variety of roles and lead to both favorable and unfavorable effects for employees and organizations. Therefore, in this symposium, we introduce a broader perspective and open up new frontiers of studying silence in organizations. A nationally diverse team of scholars will represent several theoretical approaches and discuss both positive and negative roles of silence in and around organizations. More specifically, we will 1) report novel empirical insights about the dynamic nature of silence and its relationship with leadership; 2) share conceptual developments in psychological safety and silence in teams; 3) theorize about the communicative constitution of silence; 4) propose the reconfiguration of a theory dealing with silent employee responses to adverse conditions at work; 5) and, lastly, present an analysis of the methodological challenges that hinder theoretical developments and suggest ways in which these challenges might be addressed. Finally, the discussant Amy Edmondson will provide the commentaries, discuss the state of the field, and propose future research directions. In with the New, Out with the Old: The Impact of Leader Succession on Team Silence Presenter: Nate Zettna; U. Of Sydney Presenter: Helena Nguyen; U. Of Sydney Presenter: Yiduo Shao; U. of Florida Presenter: Mo Wang; U. of Florida Work Conversations that Work Presenter: Tijs Besieux; KU Leuven Presenter: Amy C. Edmondson; Harvard U. When speech is only silver: Exploring the importance of silence in theorization processes Presenter: Dennis Clemens Jancsary; WU Vienna Employee silence and the EVLN model revisited: A commentary Presenter: Karen Harlos; U. of Winnipeg Methodological Challenges to Studying Silence in Organizations Presenter: Irina Liuberté; ISM U. of Management and Economics Presenter: Dovile Petreikiene; ISM U. of Management and Economics Presenter: Bernadeta Gostautaite; ISM U. of Management and Economics Presenter: MARGARITA PILKIENE; -