The Role of Organisation's Promotional and Preventive Orientation in Creating a Sense of Psychological Safety in the Workplace

• Autorzy: Dorota Jendza
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Purpose: to determine the relationship between the organisational orientation adopted and the sense of psychological safety among organisational members.

Design/methodology/approach: the study was conducted using the Regulatory Orientation Scale questionnaire and a questionnaire to measure Sense of Psychological Safety in Teams based on the A.C. tool. Edmondson. The survey included 205 members of public and private organisations. Responses were assessed on a five-point Likert scale. Correlation analysis was used to identify relationships between organisational orientation and sense of psychological safety. The survey was conducted in May 2023 using paper and electronic versions of the survey instruments.

Findings: there is a clear and statistically significant positive correlation between the adopted promotional orientation of the organisation and the sense of psychological safety of the members of the organisation. An organisation's prevention-based orientation shows a moderately weaker positive correlation with feelings of psychological safety,

Research limitations/implications: inability to fully objectify the research results obtained.

Practical implications: The study indicates that in order to foster psychological safety, organisations should promote a promotional orientation, foster an open and diverse organisational culture and exercise restraint in preventive measures based on monitoring compliance with procedures. Monitoring the sense of psychological safety can be used to identify areas for improvement.

Social implications: this research can contribute to improving the quality of employees' working lives. By promoting the organisational culture that fosters a sense of psychological safety, organisations can create a more satisfying working environment, which can contribute to the overall employee wellbeing.

Originality/value: the research brings new insights into the relationship between organisational orientation and employees' sense of psychological safety. It clearly identifies the relationship between an organisation's orientation (both promotional and preventive) and employees' sense of psychological safety. This is a new insight into the role of organisational culture in shaping employee wellbeing, as it suggests that risk and safety management need not exclude employee initiative, development and creativity. An additional point is that this research focuses on the sense of psychological safety as one of the key conditions for organisational functioning.(original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Corporate culture; Mental health; Psychosocial support; Security

PL

Kultura organizacji; Zdrowie psychiczne; Wsparcie psychospołeczne; Bezpieczeństwo

• Czasopismo: Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska
• Rocznik: 2023
• Numer: z. 181 Nowoczesność przemysłu i usług = Modernity of industry and services
• Strony: 203--216

Twórcy

autor

Dorota Jendza

• University of Gdansk

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DOI

10.29119/1641-3466.2023.181.14