Shared rewards and goal interdependence for psychological safety among departments in China

Document Type

Journal article

Source Publication

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Publication Date

6-1-2012

Volume

29

Issue

2

First Page

433

Last Page

452

Publisher

Springer New York LLC

Keywords

Psychological safety, Goal interdependence, Shared rewards, China

Abstract

Psychological safety has been shown to facilitate learning from experience that can help organizations adapt to the changing marketplace. Shared rewards and cooperative, but not competitive and independent, goals may help department members feel supported and able to discuss open-mindedly their experiences, including mistakes, and learn from them. One hundred and twenty five CEOs and 436 executives from 125 companies in China completed measures of psychological safety, goal interdependence, and shared rewards. The results of two structural equation analyses suggest that shared rewards can convince departments that their goals are cooperative and that this conclusion in turn leads to psychological safety. These results were interpreted as suggesting that shared rewards and cooperative goals are important foundations for organizational psychological safety in China and perhaps other countries as well.

DOI

10.1007/s10490-010-9201-0

Print ISSN

02174561

E-ISSN

15729958

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Language

English

Recommended Citation

Chen, G., & Tjosvold, D. (2012). Shared rewards and goal interdependence for psychological safety among departments in China. Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 29(2), 433-452. doi: 10.1007/s10490-010-9201-0

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