TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking leader inclusiveness to work unit performance
T2 - The importance of psychological safety and learning from failures
AU - Hirak, Reuven
AU - Peng, Ann Chunyan
AU - Carmeli, Abraham
AU - Schaubroeck, John M.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - Despite burgeoning interest in how groups and organizations learn from failures, little is known about how leader behavior influences these learning processes. We analyzed longitudinal data collected at a large hospital and found that leader inclusiveness was positively associated with members' perceptions of psychological safety at Time 1, and that this relationship was stronger for members in low-performing units. Unit psychological safety climate appeared to facilitate learning from failures within the work unit (Time 2), which was positively associated with subsequent unit performance (Time 3).
AB - Despite burgeoning interest in how groups and organizations learn from failures, little is known about how leader behavior influences these learning processes. We analyzed longitudinal data collected at a large hospital and found that leader inclusiveness was positively associated with members' perceptions of psychological safety at Time 1, and that this relationship was stronger for members in low-performing units. Unit psychological safety climate appeared to facilitate learning from failures within the work unit (Time 2), which was positively associated with subsequent unit performance (Time 3).
KW - Leader inclusiveness
KW - Learning from failures
KW - Psychological safety
KW - Work unit performance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84856061491&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.11.009
DO - 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.11.009
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AN - SCOPUS:84856061491
SN - 1048-9843
VL - 23
SP - 107
EP - 117
JO - Leadership Quarterly
JF - Leadership Quarterly
IS - 1
ER -