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Psychological Safety: A Meta‐Analytic Review and Extension

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Frazier, M. Lance, Fainshmidt, Stav, Klinger, Ryan L., Pezeshkan, Amir, Vracheva, Veselina·2017·Personnel Psychology
DOI 10.1111/peps.12183
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Abstract

Although psychological safety research has flourished in recent years, and despite the empirical support for the important role of psychological safety in the workplace, several critical questions remain. In order to address these questions, we aggregate theoretical and empirical works, and draw on 136 independent samples representing over 22,000 individuals and nearly 5,000 groups, to conduct a comprehensive meta‐analysis on the antecedents and outcomes of psychological safety. We not only present the nomological network of psychological safety but also extend this research in 4 important ways. First, we compare effect sizes to determine the relative effectiveness of antecedents to psychological safety. Second, we examine the extent to which psychological safety influences both task performance and organizational citizenship behaviors over and beyond related concepts such as positive leader relations and work engagement. Third, we examine whether research design characteristics and national culture alter validities within the nomological network, thus promoting a more accurate and contextualized understanding of psychological safety. Finally, we test the homology assumption by comparing the effect sizes of the antecedents and outcomes of psychological safety across individual and group levels of analysis. We conclude with a discussion of the areas in need of future examination.

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Authors
Frazier, M. L., Fainshmidt, S., Klinger, R. L., Pezeshkan, A., & Vracheva, V.
Affiliations
  • Creighton University (US)
  • Florida International University (US)
  • Old Dominion University (US)
  • University of Baltimore (US)
  • North Central College (US)
Corresponding author
Frazier, M. Lance
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Venue
Personnel Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2016-10-14
Volume
70
Issue
1
Pages
113-165
ISSN
  • 0031-5826 (ISSN-L)
  • 1744-6570
DOI
10.1111/peps.12183
OpenAlex
W2495600728
Cited by
1,231
References
226
Citations by year
2026: 333 · 2025: 217 · 2024: 156 · 2023: 137 · 2022: 129 · 2021: 105 · 2020: 82 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 32 · 2017: 5
FWCI
45.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Personnel Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • ODU Digital Commons (Old Dominion University) (submittedVersion)
  • Creighton Digital Repository (CDR) (submittedVersion)
  • Maryland Shared Open Access Repository (USMAI Consortium) (submittedVersion)
  • Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (University of Maryland College Park)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Occupational Health and Safety Research
Keywords
psychological safety, workplace safety climate, task performance, organizational citizenship behavior, work engagement, national culture, nomological network, effect size comparison

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