Open AccessPsychosocial Safety Climate in Organization: An Overview of Theoretical and Empirical Development
Author(s) -
Nor Hidayah Binti
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of social and development sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2221-1152
DOI - 10.22610/jsds.v4i9.779
Subject(s) - psychosocial , organisation climate , construct (python library) , psychology , work (physics) , perception , affect (linguistics) , safety climate , applied psychology , public relations , business , occupational safety and health , political science , social psychology , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , communication , neuroscience , psychiatry , programming language , law
Psychosocial safety climate (PSC) is a new aspect to be considered in organization in order to overcome work stress issues among employees. The critical study of PSC which build from the foundation of work of psychological safety and safety climate pioneered in 2010 by Maureen F. Dollard and Arnold B Bakker in Australia. The features of climate specifically expected to affect psychological health. New construct of PSC was defined as shared perception of organizational policies, practices and procedures to protect employees’ psychological safety and health. Previous studies stated that there are four main elements in PSC which are management commitment, management priority, management and employee participation involvement in stress prevention and organizational communication. It is believed that PSC could be a potential contributor in achieving organization’s aim for more positive psychological health environment among employees. Therefore, this paper aims to explicate the theoretical development of PSC and identify the impact on work stress among employees.