Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineers
IntroductionCreativity is vital for competitive advantage within technological environments facing the fourth industrial revolution. However, existing research on creativity has rarely addressed how a climate beneficial for worker psychological health, a psychosocial safety climate (PSC), could addi...
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| description | IntroductionCreativity is vital for competitive advantage within technological environments facing the fourth industrial revolution. However, existing research on creativity has rarely addressed how a climate beneficial for worker psychological health, a psychosocial safety climate (PSC), could additionally stimulate the growth of workplace creativity, innovation, and performance in digital environments.MethodTo examine how individually perceived PSC influences subsequent work engagement promoting higher levels of computer-based radical and incremental creativity, innovation, and work performance, employees in a software engineering firm (N = 29, 86 observations) completed a weekly questionnaire for 4 consecutive weeks.ResultsAt the between-person level PSC was positively related to average future weekly individual fluctuations of creativity (radical and incremental), work engagement, and job performance. Additionally weekly work engagement was related to future creativity (radical and incremental). Work engagement also mediated the between-person relationship between PSC and future creativity (both radical and incremental). PSC did not predict innovation.DiscussionThis study contributes to the theory on PSC, creativity, and work performance by elucidating the individual perceived PSC-creativity relationship and suggesting PSC systems as meaningful antecedents to digital work performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-987d47adca5349c88bb316563a09ebf32023-04-06T06:25:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-04-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.10822831082283Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineersAmy Zadow0Amy Zadow1May Young Loh2Maureen Frances Dollard3Gro Ellen Mathisen4Bella Yantcheva5Psychosocial Safety Climate Global Observatory, Centre for Workplace Excellence, Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaPsychosocial Safety Climate Global Observatory, Centre for Workplace Excellence, Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaPsychosocial Safety Climate Global Observatory, Centre for Workplace Excellence, Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, NorwayPsychosocial Safety Climate Global Observatory, Centre for Workplace Excellence, Justice and Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaIntroductionCreativity is vital for competitive advantage within technological environments facing the fourth industrial revolution. However, existing research on creativity has rarely addressed how a climate beneficial for worker psychological health, a psychosocial safety climate (PSC), could additionally stimulate the growth of workplace creativity, innovation, and performance in digital environments.MethodTo examine how individually perceived PSC influences subsequent work engagement promoting higher levels of computer-based radical and incremental creativity, innovation, and work performance, employees in a software engineering firm (N = 29, 86 observations) completed a weekly questionnaire for 4 consecutive weeks.ResultsAt the between-person level PSC was positively related to average future weekly individual fluctuations of creativity (radical and incremental), work engagement, and job performance. Additionally weekly work engagement was related to future creativity (radical and incremental). Work engagement also mediated the between-person relationship between PSC and future creativity (both radical and incremental). PSC did not predict innovation.DiscussionThis study contributes to the theory on PSC, creativity, and work performance by elucidating the individual perceived PSC-creativity relationship and suggesting PSC systems as meaningful antecedents to digital work performance.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1082283/fullcreativitypsychosocial safety climateengagementinnovationwork performancesoftware engineers |
| spellingShingle | Amy Zadow Amy Zadow May Young Loh Maureen Frances Dollard Gro Ellen Mathisen Bella Yantcheva Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineers Frontiers in Psychology creativity psychosocial safety climate engagement innovation work performance software engineers |
| title | Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineers |
| title_full | Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineers |
| title_fullStr | Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineers |
| title_short | Psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement, creativity, innovation, and work performance: A case study of software engineers |
| title_sort | psychosocial safety climate as a predictor of work engagement creativity innovation and work performance a case study of software engineers |
| topic | creativity psychosocial safety climate engagement innovation work performance software engineers |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1082283/full |
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