Building psychological safety for employee engagement in post-recession

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the role of psychological safety in engaging employees at times of economic recession. Design/methodology/approach – Review of literature. Findings – On perceiving a psychologically safe environment, employees freely share their knowledge, learn, and take risks to build their intrapreneurial abilities that would facilitate their level of engagement toward organization. Originality/value – Focuses on employee engagement by taking into consideration the key measurements of psychological safety in post-recession. © 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited.