PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY AS A CORE COMPONENT OF HEALTHY ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE IN THE IT SECTOR

Abstract

IT industry is a stressful place with heavy workloads, accelerated technological change, and high-performance pressure that may result in work stress, burnout, and bad health of employees. It is in this light that the question of facilitating a good organizational culture has taken a center stage. This paper will address the viability of psychological safety as a component of a healthy organizational culture in the IT industry. According to the literature and the established theories of organizational behavior, the paper focuses on how inclusive leadership, organizational support, open communication, and organizational justice affect psychological safety and, by extension, the employee outcomes.

This is analyzed as a mediator variable the psychological safety on organizational practices and employee resilience, and the results of are well-being, job satisfaction, work engagement, and lower burnout. The research will utilize a mixed-method research design, as it will be based on both quantitative survey data and qualitative data on the dynamics of work of the IT professionals to provide an overall picture of the dynamics at the workplace. The findings show that psychologically safe workplaces promote trust, team learning, learning, and performance in the long term. The research has contributed to the body of literature in the field of organization since it brings out the concept of psychological safety as an effective strategic foundation to the establishment of strong, engaged and performance-oriented IT workplaces.