Exploring the role of psychological safety in promoting the intention to continue sharing knowledge in virtual communities

Students' interpersonal perspectives on, conceptions of and approaches to learning in online peer assessment

“…With regard to the research into organisational behaviours, May, Gilson and Harter (2004) argue that an employee's engagement at work can be increased by his/her perceptions of psychological safety. In virtual communities, high psychological safety facilitates an individual's confidence to support his/her behaviours of self-expression and the degree of intention to continue sharing knowledge (Zhang, Fang, Wei & Chen, 2010). Concerning the learning context of peer assessment, van Gennip et al (2010) found that psychological safety significantly enhances the learning process in peer assessment.…”

An Examination of Psychological Meaningfulness, Safety, and Availability as the Underlying Mechanisms linking Job Features and Personal Characteristics to Work Engagement

“…Results of their study proved that self-consciousness had a small negative influence on safety (r = -.19). Six years later, Zhang et al (2010) investigated trust and self-consciousness as antecedents to psychological safety in a virtual community. They found self-consciousness to be a strong, negative predictor of psychological safety (r = -.61).…”

“…However, Zhang et al (2010) argued that psychological safety is a result of one's perception of how threatening the work environment is. By nature, those that have high levels of self-efficacy are less likely to see their environment as threatening because they believe that they have the skills to execute whatever work demands come their way.…”

Tacit Knowledge Sharing Modes of University Teachers From the Perspectives of Psychological Risk and Value

“…Much research shows that the psychological risk or psychological safety is an important influential factor of TKS, and its level is directly depended on the degree of the psychological risk (Humphery-Jenner, 2013;Kessel et al, 2012;Nugroho, 2012;Siemsen et al, 2009;Zhang et al, 2010). In the process of teaching, the university teachers would not face risks of potential loss because of the worry about sharing knowledge and losing competence.…”