Feeling safe at work: Development and validation of the Psychological Safety Inventory

Psychological safety, defined as perceptions that an individual within a team is supported and feels safe to take interpersonal risks, voice opinions, share ideas, vital for organizational effectiveness. However, there no consensus on how workplace psychological safety should be measured. We developed the Safety Inventory (PSI) in response needs accurately assess safety. A 70-item version of PSI was administered 497 employees from Canada, United States, Kingdom. Based factor analytic findings, we reduced preliminary 30-item, five-factor scale. The showed high reliability correlated anticipated with convergent measures. Overall, valid reliable measure