Behavioral integrity for safety, priority of safety, psychological safety, and patient safety: A team-level study

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1273-1281

  Leroy, Hannes ^a,b   Dierynck, Bart ^c   Anseel, Frederik ^d   Simons, Tony ^e   Halbesleben, Jonathon R B ^f   McCaughey, Deirdre ^g   Savage, Grant T ^h   Sels, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e 335 Statler Hall   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral integrity; Priority of safety; Psychological safety; Safety climate; Treatment errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LEGAL ASPECT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BELGIUM; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY;

EID: 84874035014     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030076     Document Type: Article

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