Psychosocial safety climate
Measurement and relationship with well‐being in a four‐wave longitudinal study during remote work
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21392096 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Soile Juutinen (0000-0002-0320-7731, Faculty of Social Sciences, Work Research Centre Tampere University Tampere Finland, corresponding author), Kirsi Sjöblom (0000-0002-3333-3050, Faculty of Social Sciences, Work Research Centre Tampere University Tampere Finland), Maureen Dollard (0000-0002-3128-8727, PSC Global Observatory Centre for Workplace Excellence University of South Australia Adelaide Australia), Anne Mäkikangas (0000-0003-0199-3609, Faculty of Social Sciences, Work Research Centre Tampere University Tampere Finland) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 504-511 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjop.12917 |
| PMID | 37092361 |
| OpenAlex | W4366822099 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
To create healthy workplaces, organizations need tools for assessing factors contributing to employee well‐being. Psychosocial safety climate (PSC) refers to shared perceptions regarding the extent to which psychological health and safety are prioritized in organizations; it is operationalized in the PSC scale. We evaluated the factor structure of the Finnish version of the PSC‐4 scale, its invariance across time and concurrent and predictive relationships with perceived stress, job exhaustion, and work engagement. Moreover, the mean‐level changes in PSC and well‐being during enforced remote work were studied. Participants were 442 higher education employees who completed a well‐being survey four times between April 2020 and February 2021. The longitudinal factor structure of the PSC‐4 and well‐being indicators were investigated using confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The statistical analyses supported the one‐factor structure of the PSC‐4 and its measurement invariance across time. PSC was negatively associated with concurrent stress and job exhaustion and positively associated with concurrent work engagement at each measurement. Moreover, PSC predicted subsequent stress between each time point. Cross‐lagged effects were also evident for job exhaustion at T2–T3 and T3–T4 and for work engagement at T1–T2. The mean level of PSC decreased during enforced remote work. To conclude, the Finnish PSC‐4 is a valid tool for evaluating perceived psychosocial safety climate in organizations. PSC predicted well‐being over time and showed subsequent relationships with job exhaustion and work engagement, which is a new contribution to PSC theory and literature. Organizations need to design interventions to improve it, especially during stressful times
Confirmatory factor analysis · Measurement invariance · Operationalization · Psychosocial · Scale (ratio) · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Work (physics) · Work engagement · Applied Psychology · Engineering · Mathematics · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stress and Burnout Research · Workplace Health and Well-being
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |