SafetyInsights.org

Given the prominence of Psychological Safety (PS), it’s worth sharing some research.

It’s likely among the most studied modern concepts in organisational theory – so I can barely scratch the surface.

Focus first is articles I’ve summarised, and then on any other full-text items I can find. In my haste, I’ve probably included some psychological safety climate / psychosocial articles.

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Meta-Analyses & Reviews

Psychological safety – A systematic review of the literature

Psychological safety – A systematic review of the literature

https://web.archive.org/web/20220111161855id_/https://watermark.silverchair.com/mzaa025.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAskwggLFBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggK2MIICsgIBADCCAqsGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMbkiSBtRKuobh3GbMAgEQgIICfLn1SFaWTae7kJKB-ZAfHRodhU0tLG8HkI3UhdZlOunZwfW2srNj-aOVfiAZ0aMNgrH62xkYezYWaz432tYm9EDSf02B9P46ybh997AG5Y3vQAQz9frrxLQcFcFjpzd37KEq1foJJwurphPJHjzxJ8D59kgt26Y2iGtw_KIWAiFQmu-Gka5NHv63171Cxb6l7ejRScMMUD0ZnpfXKEo4F5ETf-NuXveQFCmrStmq6KjDvawkI-czpwLFWgZGbMt5XCz1LP-EVKkxXx5eoIOpPFRYY7t0d-v9lSmkiqNSiIfPurXg23r3rOWl36R1qZ52mSKZqo7PZ7dxewlajIjYjlRk6nfqAIJGARNH0agJge4_isZGpjTHuvLXwfx0YXPUNkeyZYHnLYKZ0MjeDiu_rSzfwJucHJheR60LPNoKCX9Ml6ImGIjDaynKpW6TmjGREl-3A7r_UFGD8wUbLah6ZHCDPE8BkbHp8xK4hzw0uSnVOitJho5zO-a3Don0nKz2sFxE4CWMZMw2UAHtLNTC7vO6yOTGUDMxOoO4mxYSEQjqWMt-R4hcoRYYK4lcF3vlZRP_KHeMTWsJoOJA-RVoqZv6sMxIAQVsT7NJKHdSRjq_RU-mPE41r9zAuSoo5l-EqWMwsBS084tGPH3bMKnP6mDOo0-uf_10Gk7WJ0Namm79o-BTFsWvvCCZlw7o7UGpKYWfBTMJAQ0nz4nqz10JL3gT0_2pIb_yyPwffwE1_8xSbYGbyHsN2KY-A137DqHNIqIEM5EbTn5WwEyOKotYrFC35Ox4VSsOorMtZkyx9BuQaiA_H9j-epDA1QoQ1YNA9FFlJ0dlVdWd4RzzZA

Click to access 125971563.pdf

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.2147/JHL.S369242

https://www.annualreviews.org/docserver/fulltext/orgpsych/10/1/annurev-orgpsych-120920-055217.pdf?expires=1742615036&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=E9C2E7810D1DD94207E1B3A5ECB10738

https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13102442

Click to access s12913-020-4931-2.pdf

Click to access Vella_et_al._author_s_copy_.pdf

https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1018&context=management_fac_pubs

Psychological Safety: A Meta‐Analytic Review and Extension

Click to access Psychological-Safety-and-Organisational-Performance-A-Systematic-Literature-Review.pdf

Click to access 18784.pdf

Click to access 2024.02.09.24302562.full.pdf

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/7/2187/pdf

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.001

https://repositorio.uac.pt/bitstreams/d477a733-61ce-403f-9cf4-516ae906fb69/download

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Other

Linking leader inclusiveness to work unit performance: The importance of psychological safety and learning from failures

The presence and potential impact of psychological safety in the healthcare setting: an evidence synthesis

Managing psychological safety and its threats during debriefs/after-action reviews

Silence in organizations and psychological safety: a literature review

The effects of power, leadership and psychological safety on resident event reporting

Resilience vs. Vulnerability: Psychological Safety and Reporting of Near Misses with Varying Proximity to Harm in Radiation Oncology

Humble Leadership: Implications for Psychological Safety and Follower Engagement

Assessing Psychological Safety in Lean Construction Projects in the United States

Links between psychological safety and performance in Lean vs non-Lean US construction

Slacking Off in Comfort – A Dual-Pathway Model for psychological safety climate

When is Psychological Safety Helpful in Organizations? A Longitudinal Study

Psychological Safety in Intensive Care Unit Rounding Teams

Sound and Safe: The Role of Leader Motivating Language and Follower Self-Leadership in Feelings of Psychological Safety

The limits of psychological safety: Nonlinear relationships with performance

Envisioning a team with ‘excessive psychological safety’

Gender and psychological safety in virtual teams: the role of awareness types enabled by information technologies

Accident under-reporting among employees: Testing the moderating influence of psychological safety climate and supervisor enforcement of safety practices

The effects of power, leadership and psychological safety on resident event reporting

To Get Vaccinated or Not? Psychological Safety as a Catalyst for the Alignment Between Individual Beliefs and Behavior

Taking your team behind the curtain: The effects of leader feedback-sharing and feedback-seeking on team psychological safety

Psychological safety and team performance

Feedback-sharing and psychological safety

Psychological safety isn’t trust or team coherence

The role of continuous quality improvement and psychological safety in predicting work-arounds

Safe Among the Unsafe: Psychological Safety Climate Strength Matters for Team Performance

Thick as Thieves: The Effects of Ethical Orientation and Psychological Safety on Unethical Team Behavior

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amy_Edmondson/publication/275070993_Psychological_Safety_The_History_Renaissance_and_Future_of_an_Interpersonal_Construct/links/55b7f06f08ae092e96587280.pdf?inViewer=true&disableCoverPage=true&origin=publication_detail

https://www.hrp-journal.com/index.php/pru/article/download/550/502

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-021-06740-6?trk=public_post_comment-text

Click to access The-double-edged-sword-effect-of-psychological-safety-climate-a-theoretical-framework.pdf

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01581/pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/nop2.1086

Click to access The-Safety-in-Unsafe-Teams-A-Multilevel-Approach-to-Team-Psychological-Safety.pdf

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.626689/pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Amy_Edmondson/publication/296623520_Understanding_Psychological_Safety_in_Health_Care_and_Education_Organizations_A_Comparative_Perspective/links/59db58530f7e9b2f587fe615/Understanding-Psychological-Safety-in-Health-Care-and-Education-Organizations-A-Comparative-Perspective.pdf?_sg%5B0%5D=started_experiment_milestone&origin=journalDetail

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2022.823488/pdf

Click to access s12874-020-01066-z.pdf

https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202006-753OC

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1534484319894756

https://www.journalsocialsciences.com/index.php/oaijss/article/download/175/426

Click to access s40279-023-01912-2.pdf

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1112907/pdf

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2019.09.027

https://watermark.silverchair.com/usac041.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA1kwggNVBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggNGMIIDQgIBADCCAzsGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMSXsodySiputgzMisAgEQgIIDDBcWOmLJCs_6fsdZwDYAtbofvCkkvA_c77MsCIcN8oZHhxTMMCMK4RzjCTCBYdvj1atBfufbxIVW79i6ZKWYfc5KHZm_7egfFjpF6dQTw8TYXy3u14vyhtiIEd5pu10OGQE4VkzKJVMDisXUoKe7mCGJp1nVvedvI7piRRKfQGwHEfkrP02kHAK__TAmCXwYbtFT3N_mosT-K_ZJleaCsUDkpCiQifJHQbZPWOFhGddVIl1CQw7iGirRiWO8VwBD7rHdN7GG03bPPmIMa0m3NgbH2DgP9diOa01yZ3MMI0kXD4QBBBnntaWg1OLb9_-3eHxcQKCFoeK3EH6jEyWQGyDlvoHUWF4MQLWdiXtoFKVnNkVND8EHh1y-0kAwy-JF2oKKvKWZtKub_VosOTvdJuW-HNTIuR_VIF-07AkvkJGFbzbWsQabcJLmCXkAz7ry-uVIQNUDx0-eTxZZfWhcugdNM5Mc76P7WOUJwUKHmROqhunznapb-DmICubgEb6gSDMNkMPMmOfMijDlje_MUswxzUlVk66hLxe3FOJfdLKPXsYtUkoVgOGPwwNuycZdN-o_WrWfeqENLImuxiPSKbK0Gmn2IHw8_zMUt-LmvbeYYT0qTkThOkk6jH_14adIIuUOkiDdqDU-dUOvs9rXyTLZ7BuC60St-3phxHxKkIaK9D6ImQWMKDghQ8-JawBW0Kpt2QO_-j8r92co3_DHJNrYUGVDtX5ioPv2ZCYeEYEvTS13AeQ0VSLLCiU-NnbZVdCSXfzHUdiR_a4FwY1kosBKH_K37iuWCLybwoksPdg19MOsfSJXhPIBtrQetea5B9mSMHcyK71Tg8L8XEfced4AURsoZysyVQY0xkd-9ZgQkpJqEt6u5Gydm1kG6bfCXtF9lTUhtEiyk1far9-zZjha6YCD_rySeBKQxcq4GKNzH81uah_Inyuoj2TRqV3Gh_1Sl3XaaldX44_49oGuju50u4ZDMr2k9151-o9v426_I48OCJw5MokR40a5qg77WymFwAc4jhpFbLiMpg

Click to access 12.pdf

Click to access Workplace-Safety-A-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Roles-of-Person-and-Situation-Factors.pdf

https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/16/9879

https://journals.lww.com/onlinejets/_layouts/15/oaks.journals/downloadpdf.aspx?an=01408631-202013010-00003

Click to access bmjstel-2019-000470.pdf

Click to access psychological_safety.pdf

Click to access Linking_leader_inclusiveness_to_work_unit%20_performance%20_The_importance_of.pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/sres.932

https://watermark.silverchair.com/jgme-d-16-00549_1.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAA1AwggNMBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggM9MIIDOQIBADCCAzIGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM4AVxQcWG4mlfE1bzAgEQgIIDA7JIPZmbS3l0O558VAHtpWwYxroPSB75OA3kyNUJBQOeQS71E_KHoGRD0KcnE1qFu6mefFQ7EW6fLxOjZ5x_KZnQypg6Crx1Fhme-mZMwkRW4KldHdB4YuOTJTMP5Z7Hcw199Fsz3TxW2lI6fkE6RUlv-rFin4A3eJHMs93p3njsjIXpSPB4nuExS_XtIAEXBctXuiI0Iw0ZcvCA02ylmoA7a2KMuILwUFjT54Yhm0j27JjLCjTbvu5LMlbgiK9TTldJYxddgTG99uNuoV0BBWeYNDq5KIZ2kHZeqoFWh4KW1QAu1NbqMQsyAmeNw87bgomSAERP2ZrePRmozwE9KaSwHIFxjfGyNY801QVWX4kgqJju-UIxisdPmLBykklsgogd-oM2i3pxOn4RenE1rHJyUMvBiHEdjqD2YsOuNWOSnBNmuDS5VvnLERrsjm0NjSiZb36au5nk7iPUcbgH9WczTC8nIkaYIHDACbKSWqr1auxbLB1zV73T-QjBc-C0DVPs-eTjCNyKan6eXW6w8C_mYOxaq2eIQnCIQ3H74nT33fqsJtdJBrr8xcaQaNTMi7bX_-yGKppQ9OXYrWBDQ_bw8oYsxLTSKjik_tjfhx-KxT9PG91i9Z8maOnauhGR46eWbIMuU0ZdqQes7uYB5-TLXB5wdaWDSCwpPd8bExDFwM1hR9Bg1hyfdWF4T85yKLlfqQMVy7vYarFIaCaXap3QTHaJ_d2wmL0rAageH67ZhRiG7rJIUmlSzH-V-675-Qv-k4wzg40PPvnw9nZPM8F5BK1E4m7_tqIDl1vb0DLFPXomFpxUO7JfFoQtw03i3h6KJAutn9kHuWbLf00ImEcSxxYonsqzfEsJ_RqCSRuMzw5DN_IXFnwrIlve8prRIZHbiv6BWsMJvkeXUDlvzBiUKtEyKxUBQF44v0R0fWg7S6eCKAFs7AhZH7jZQlM3xsih7k0x4vkbsafQoc0j3SXya2rO60nvQK0hl42p1ENbR1RzjsVIM5OqkcRmrOnl1yPxAQ

Click to access s10067-019-04889-4.pdf

https://www.jointcommissionjournal.com/article/S1553-7250(20)30241-5/pdf

Click to access 5488c5460cf268d28f08fef8.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20180721113354id_/https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/qhc/19/6/e60.full.pdf

Click to access fostering_ethical_conduct_through_psychological_safety.pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpm.13101

Click to access The_coevolution_of_network_ties.pdf

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=dc65452d6dfee50951bcc5c7db3a2490686e2215

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3233/WOR-230234

Click to access e001757.full.pdf

Click to access s13033-021-00439-1.pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/inm.13381

Click to access e001251.full.pdf

https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/15/10/640

https://journals.lww.com/hcmrjournal/_layouts/15/oaks.journals/downloadpdf.aspx?an=00004010-202210000-00006

Click to access S44.full.pdf

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.546687/full?ref=magazine.circledna.com

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jinia-Mukerjee/publication/354403677_Play_and_psychological_safety_An_ethnography_of_innovative_work/links/622662fe3c53d31ba4af1f63/Play-and-psychological-safety-An-ethnography-of-innovative-work.pdf?origin=journalDetail&_tp=eyJwYWdlIjoiam91cm5hbERldGFpbCJ9

Click to access V26N4-3.pdf

Click to access Making-It-Safe-The-Effects-of-Leader-Inclusiveness-and-Professional-Status-on-Psychological-Safety-and-Improvement-Efforts-in-Health-Care-Teams.pdf

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=e167425fe12ec218b412bde759f0d3aca3f20737

Click to access 1-s2.0-S0148296313003342-main.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/1132989/Alive_and_creating_The_mediating_role_of_vitality_and_aliveness_in_the_relationship_between_psychological_safety_and_creative_work_involvement

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1508536/FULLTEXT02

https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/48689/organizationalcu00sche.pdf?seq

Click to access Lechner%20%2B%20Tobias%202021OD_How%20to%20create%20psychological%20safety%20in%20virtual%20teams_Accepted%20Manuscript%20%281%29.pdf

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2021.08.018

Click to access e3sconf_wfces2023_02030.pdf

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.1060473/pdf

https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(20)31208-X/pdf

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2797394

Click to access Relationship-Between-Psychological-Safety-and-Reporting-Nonadherence-to-a-Safety-Checklist.pdf

https://www.proquest.com/openview/3d3326158880b82fd133b88ed5ecad8d/1.pdf?cbl=18750&diss=y&pq-origsite=gscholar

https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1179480

https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=14351&context=dissertations

Click to access s11606-024-08893-6.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nancy-Yanchus/publication/268877189_Communication_and_psychological_safety_in_veterans_health_administration_work_environments/links/551552670cf2d70ee2700423/Communication-and-psychological-safety-in-veterans-health-administration-work-environments.pdf?_sg%5B0%5D=started_experiment_milestone&origin=journalDetail

https://ascopubs.org/doi/pdfdirect/10.1200/JOP.2016.013300

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