Psychological safety, workplace factors and personality type

Key digested message This article briefly summarises the results of a study into the relationship between an individual’s perception of their own levels of psychological safety and workplace factors (work-related stress, role clarity, autonomy, job satisfaction, intention to leave one’s job, perceived organisational performance) and personality type. The study looked at psychological safety not only as one overall factor, but also at perceived psychological safety in relation to different sources (co-workers, manager, the organisation as a whole) and different constructs (e.g. feeling valued and respected, and interpersonal trust).