Employee silence in health care: charting new avenues for leadership and management.

Anthony Montgomery; Olga Lainidi; Judith Johnson; Jennifer Creese; Fredrik Baathe; Adriana Baban; Anindo Bhattacharjee; Madeline Carter; Lotta Dellve; Eva Doherty; Mimmi Kheddache Jendeby; Karen Morgan; Manjari Srivastava; Neill Thompson; Reidar Tyssen; Veena Vohra

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Employee silence in health care: charting new avenues for leadership and management.

August 3, 2022

Montgomery A, Lainidi O, Johnson J, et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 2023;48(1):52-60.

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When faced with a patient safety concern, staff need to decide whether to speak up or remain silent. Leaders play a crucial role in addressing contextual factors behind employees’ decisions to remain silent. This article offers support for leaders to create a culture of psychological safety and encourage speaking up behaviors.

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