How to create psychological safety in virtual teams

•Virtual teams are less likely to develop psychological safety organically over time.•Teams should proactively invest effort to cultivate psychological safety virtually.•We need to connect as human beings to feel psychologically safe in a virtual world.•Many otherwise implicit rules must be discusse...

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Published inOrganizational dynamics Vol. 51; no. 2; p. 100849
Main Authors Lechner, Alexandra, Tobias Mortlock, Jutta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 01.04.2022
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Summary:•Virtual teams are less likely to develop psychological safety organically over time.•Teams should proactively invest effort to cultivate psychological safety virtually.•We need to connect as human beings to feel psychologically safe in a virtual world.•Many otherwise implicit rules must be discussed explicitly when working virtually.•Essential skills to enhance virtual teamwork can be learned and applied immediately.
ISSN:0090-2616
DOI:10.1016/j.orgdyn.2021.100849