Psychological Safety, Conflict & Team Performance
This is a conference presentation of research on psychological safety and conflict in top management teams. Presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s Convention 2022.
The data was gathered among 43 top management teams in the Norwegian public administration, which were undergoing a leadership training. Henning Bang assessed the teams before and after the training using the Team Effect. The Diversity Icebreaker was a part of the training and took place in the beginning of the program; Bjørn Z. Ekelund gathered the Diversity Icebreaker data from the teams. Catherine T. Kwantes and K. Rauti at the University of Windsor analyzed the data. This is the first presentation from this research project. We compare data from two samples consisting of 28 and 15 top management teams from the Norwegian public administration. The teams were assessed twice, at 9-month intervals. The conclusion was that the Psychological Safety is influenced by interpersonal conflict but not task conflict.
Reference: Kwantes, C., Rauti, K, Bang, H and Ekelund, BZ.: Psychological Safety, Conflict & Team Performance. Canadian Psychological Association 2022, the 83rd Annual National Convention. June 17th - 19th, 2022, at the Hyatt Regency Calgary in Calgary, AB.
