The Effect of Psychological Safety on Innovation Behavior: A Meta-Analysis

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10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.503How to use a DOI?

Keywords

psychological safety; innovation behavior; meta-analysis; moderating effects

Abstract

This meta-analysis examines the relationship between psychological safety and innovation behavior and explores potential moderators that may moderate the relationship: cultural context and team type. A total of 94 independent samples of 85 articles meet the inclusion criteria (N=19180) through literature screening. The results of this study indicate that psychological safety has a significant effect on employee innovation behavior (r=0.299) and team innovation behavior (r=0.435); in addition, we found that cultural background moderate the relationship between psychological safety and employee innovation behavior; and team type moderate the relationship between psychological safety and team innovation behavior. In summary of the results, this meta-analysis highlights the impact of psychological safety on different contexts of innovation behavior and also provides a reference for future psychological safety research.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press International B.V.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jiamin Zhu
AU  - Hongjiang Lv
AU  - Yan Feng
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/26
TI  - The Effect of Psychological Safety on Innovation Behavior: A Meta-Analysis
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 3082
EP  - 3087
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.503
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.503
ID  - Zhu2022
ER  -