I Was Given Three Marks and Told to Buy a Porsche”—Supervisors’ Experiences of Leading Psychosocial Safety Climate and Team Psychological Safety in a Remote Academic Setting
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15501348 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kirsi Sjöblom (0000-0002-3333-3050, Tampere University, corresponding author), Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi (0000-0003-3647-0584, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health), Anne Mäkikangas (0000-0003-0199-3609, Tampere University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 19 |
| Pages | 12016-12016 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-22 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601 |
| Publisher | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3390/ijerph191912016 |
| OpenAlex | W4296849630 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 58 |
This study examines leading psychosocial safety climate (PSC) within the organization and psychological safety in teams in remote work conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. These topical working life phenomena have an essential role in health, well-being and productivity in today’s working life, but they have rarely been studied in remote work context. A total of 26 supervisors and leaders at three Finnish universities participated in semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis, resulting in four main categories: supportive and challenging aspects of leading psychological safety and well-being, supportive and challenging aspects of organizational psychosocial safety climate leadership, support for working as a supervisor, and characteristics specific to working in academia. The results indicate that leading psychological safety remotely requires more time, deliberation and intentionality than when working face to face, and that the role of remote interaction is underlined in it. As to PSC, it is important to improve the cohesion in leading psychological safety and health in academic organizations. How PSC is led in the organizations affects not only the general psychosocial working conditions, but also the possibilities for good leadership of psychological safety in smaller units in the organization. The study makes a novel contribution especially in understanding (1) leadership of PSC and psychological safety in remote work conditions, and (2) the reciprocal relations between leading psychological safety and well-being at the organizational level and the team level
Context (archaeology · Political science · Psychological safety · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Public relations · Workforce · Applied Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Psychology
Qualitative Content Analysis in Practice
Methodological fit in management field research
Transformational and Transactional Leadership
Psychosocial safety climate as a precursor to conducive work environments, psychological health problems, and employee engagement
Workplace resources to improve both employee well-being and performance
The psychological conditions of meaningfulness, safety and availability and the engagement of the human spirit at work
Inclusive Leadership and Employee Involvement in Creative Tasks in the Workplace
Academics job satisfaction and job stress across countries in the changing academic environments
Psychological Safety
Occupational Well-being Among University Faculty
The qualitative content analysis process
Job demands–resources theory
Promoting remote workers' psychological health
How to create psychological safety in virtual teams
Reaching for different ends through tenure track—institutional logics in university career systems
Qualitative Research Practice
Psychological Safety
Changing workplace geographies in the Covid-19 crisis
Self‐leadership in the context of part‐time teleworking
Leadership, followers' mental health and job performance in organizations
The Governance of Universities
Changing requirements and mental workload factors in mobile multi-locational work
Underpinning excellence in higher education - an investigation into the leadership, governance and management behaviours of high-performing academic departments
Academic superheroes? A critical analysis of academic job descriptions
Organisational factors and academic research agendas
Academic leadership and university reform-guided management changes in Finland
Autonomy-driven segmentation for competition among Finnish universities
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |