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Psychological Safety, Knowledge Sharing, and Creative Performance in Healthcare Teams
Author(s) -
Kessel Maura,
Kratzer Jan,
Schultz Carsten
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
creativity and innovation management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.148
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1467-8691
pISSN - 0963-1690
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8691.2012.00635.x
Subject(s) - respondent , psychological safety , knowledge sharing , psychology , health care , knowledge management , applied psychology , computer science , economics , economic growth , political science , law
We examined how psychological safety fosters knowledge‐sharing processes and enables team creative performance. Using a multi‐respondent design, we tested our hypotheses using survey data collected from 73 patient‐centred healthcare teams working in the field on rare diseases. The data were analysed using latent class regression analysis. We confirmed that a high level of psychological safety within the team is a significant predictor of creative team performance and is mediated by the sharing of two types of knowledge: information and know‐how.