Background: Employees’ performance is important for management. The impact of components such as organizational silence and fear of failure have been reviewed in number of studies but we do not have any one in Kerman's hospitals. Aim: The aim of this research was to study the relationship between organizational silence, fear of failure and employees’ performance at teaching hospitals affiliated with Kerman University of medical science 2014. Materials and methods: Data collection was performed using a three section questionnaire including 49 questions to measure the organizational silence, fear of failure and employees’ performance. We analyzed data by SPSS 19 using multiple linear regression. Results: Positive correlation was found between organizational silence components (top management attitudes, supervisors’ attitudes and communication opportunities) and employees’ performance but no correlation was found between fear of failure components and employees’ performance. The organizational silence determined employees’ performance (b=0.453). The fear of failure does not determine employees’ performance. Conclusion: Depending on the environment and personality, employees have different performance. In this study we found that the current level of fear of failure has no significant correlation with employees’ performance but organizational silence has significant direct correlation with it.
