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To evaluate whether workplace social courage moderates the associations between organizational trust and three dimensions of employee well-being: subjective happiness, life satisfaction, and job satisfaction.

September 17, 2026Journal of Organizational Effectiveness People and Performance

Workplace social courage as a boundary condition of trust: evidence from employee well-being outcomes

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İMİbrahim Sani MertAntalya Bilim University CŞCem ŞenCyprus University of Technology OSOzgur SertAntalya Bilim University

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Cross-sectional survey reveals that workplace social courage enhances trust-related well-being in enterprise employees, indicating the mutual value of courage and psychological safety.

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To evaluate whether workplace social courage moderates the associations between organizational trust and three dimensions of employee well-being: subjective happiness, life satisfaction, and job satisfaction.
Gathered cross-sectional survey data from 449 employees working across Fortune 500 companies operating in Turkey.
Applied partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) using bootstrapped estimates to test direct associations and interaction terms between trust and social courage.
Organizational trust demonstrated significant positive direct associations with subjective happiness, life satisfaction, and both examined dimensions of job satisfaction.
Workplace social courage significantly moderated and amplified the positive relationships between organizational trust and subjective happiness, life satisfaction, and satisfaction with colleagues.
The moderating interaction of workplace social courage on satisfaction with the work itself was positive but did not achieve statistical significance.

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Mert et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aabb6f95f706d05830e5bed https://doi.org/10.1108/joepp-03-2026-0350

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Cross-sectional survey reveals that workplace social courage enhances trust-related well-being in enterprise employees, indicating the mutual value of courage and psychological safety.

Workplace social courage as a boundary condition of trust: evidence from employee well-being outcomes

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Workplace social courage as a boundary condition of trust: evidence from employee well-being outcomes

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