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“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

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  • Kirsi Sjöblom

    (Work Research Centre, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland)

  • Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi

    (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 00032 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Anne Mäkikangas

    (Work Research Centre, Tampere University, 33014 Tampere, Finland)

Abstract

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.

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  • Kirsi Sjöblom & Jaana-Piia Mäkiniemi & Anne Mäkikangas, 2022. "“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," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(19), pages 1-28, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:19:p:12016-:d:922607
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