{
  "title": "Prioritisation: why do workload warnings go unspoken?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-faire-remonter-les-alertes-de-surcharge-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-04-22",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "An accepted schedule is not necessarily a feasible one. Research on psychological safety invites managers to examine the social cost of flagging excessive workloads.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Fribourg",
    "region": "Fribourg",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Amy Edmondson (1999, Administrative Science Quarterly) finds an association between team psychological safety and learning behaviours, including discussing errors and seeking feedback."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Managerial openness beyond the invitation to speak",
      "point": "James R."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that encouraging everyone to say they lack time is enough."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot promise",
      "point": "These studies do not test a time management method or demonstrate that greater freedom to speak automatically reduces delays."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Fribourg",
      "point": "Within SHR's “[Time Management & Prioritisation](/formation/gestion-du-temps/fribourg)” programme, an exercise applicable in Fribourg is to trial a capacity-warning register for four weeks in an agri-food team, a bilingual industrial unit or a university support service."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Edmondson",
      "year": "1999",
      "source": "Administrative Science Quarterly"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Burris",
      "year": "2007",
      "source": "Academy of Management Journal"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 415,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-04-22-en.jpg?v=4",
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  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/gestion-du-temps/fribourg",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/fribourg",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}