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Psychological Safety in Hybrid Meetings : How Employees Decide to Speak Up
Bohlmann, Sina Gerda (2025) Psychological Safety in Hybrid Meetings : How Employees Decide to Speak Up.
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| Abstract: | Hybrid meetings have been part of everyday life in many companies for a long time and create new challenges for interpersonal communication. Employees now face an invisible challenge, as they have to decide whether it is safe to speak up or if they prefer to remain silent. This bachelor thesis investigates the basis of this decision and shows, trough qualitative interviews, that psychological safety in hybrid meetings is not a constant characteristic but a subjective and situation-dependent experience. Employees only speak when they feel respected, recognised and included. Structural factors such as technical equipment or leadership both contribute to this, but are not necessarily decisive. The study highlights that hybrid communication reshapes conditions of trust, visibility and belonging and that psychological safety cannot be prescribed, but must be actively shaped. This thesis contributes to the further development of psychological safety in the digital work context and provides practical insights for designing open and inclusive meeting cultures. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | BMS: Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences |
| Subject: | 01 general works |
| Programme: | International Business Administration BSc (50952) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/106791 |
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