{
  "title": "Psychological safety: what a leader can actually change",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/securite-psychologique-ce-que-le-leader-peut-reellement-changer-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-05-12",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Teams that report more errors are not necessarily those that make the most.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Executive Leadership",
  "place": {
    "name": "Zurich",
    "region": "Zurich",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "The research",
      "point": "Amy Edmondson (1999, Administrative Science Quarterly) studies 51 teams in a manufacturing firm: psychological safety is associated with learning behaviour, itself linked to team performance.."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The limit",
      "point": "One organisation, cross-sectional data: causal direction cannot be firmly established."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Practical check in Zurich",
      "point": "For a month, open each team meeting with 'what didn't work this week?', the leader going first."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Edmondson",
      "year": "1999",
      "source": "Administrative Science Quarterly"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 102,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-05-12-en.jpg?v=4",
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  },
  "relatedPages": {
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    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/zurich",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}