Study of the relationchips between leadership and psychological safety

Abstract

Leadership is an essential and indispensable factor in organizations and has a direct connection with organizational effectiveness. When there is a connection between employees and leadership, it is possible to generate psychological safety, which allows free expression of judgments and favors the productivity of employees, who can be more creative because they are more available for expression and learning. For the preparation of this article, an integrative literature review was carried out, using the method proposed by Whittemore and Knafl (2005), with the research problem: what is the influence of leadership on psychological safety in organizations? The review findings portray the importance of psychological safety as a mediator between the leader's role and the team's behaviors, and the transformational leadership style favors psychological safety in organizations.