TY  - CONF
TI  - An Investigation of Psychological Safety in Construction Projects and Its Influence on Team Learning Behaviour: A Survey-Based Study
C1  - Auckland, New Zealand
C3  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
SP  - 1123
EP  - 1134
PY  - 2024
DO  - 10.24928/2024/0150
AU  - Häringer, Selina
AU  - Gomez, Sulyn
AU  - Schöttle, Annett
AD  - MSc Business and Organizational Psychology, University of Westminster, London, DE, shaeringer@web.de, orcid.org/0009-0000-3276-4767
AD  - Quality Leader, DPR Construction, Redwood City, USA, sulyng@dpr.com, orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-9880
AD  - Dr.-Ing., CBA and Lean Expert, Founder and Co-Director at CollabDecisions, annett.schoettle@web.de, orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-7320
AB  - Due to a construction project's dynamic, interdependent, and complex environment, it is crucial that team members are able to talk openly about risks, mistakes, ideas and best practices without fearing interpersonal risks such as punishment or dismissal. Sharing knowledge is especially critical as team structures change over a project. Therefore, psychological safety is an essential key enabler in such project environments. This paper is built upon a cross-sectional survey-based study (N=163) used to assess the current level of psychological safety within teams of the Owner, Architect, Engineering, and Construction (OAEC) industry based on the views of individuals in different teams. Furthermore, the study aimed to identify factors that can enhance psychological safety in construction project teams. These include, for example, a good failure culture, communication, and a mindset toward collaboration. The results show a strong positive relationship between psychological safety and team learning behavior, with psychological safety as a predictor explaining 50% of the variance in team learning behavior.
KW  - Construction project teams
KW  - psychological safety
KW  - team learning behaviour.
PB  - 
T2  - Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32)
DA  - 2024/07/01
CY  - Auckland, New Zealand
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2264/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/2264
N1  - Export Date: 25 April 2025
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -