Psychological safety in interdisciplinary teams: how leadership behaviors empower teams
This study underscores the transformative power of leadership in cultivating strong team cultures while also complementing and strengthening existing leadership-training efforts. Leadership development programs could be strengthened by attending more explicitly to psychological safety, and our findings provide actionable insights that can be integrated into current training frameworks to deepen leaders' capacity to foster supportive and high-functioning teams. Ultimately, this shift not only benefits individual teams but has the potential to strengthen the fabric of the broader research culture.
Authors
- Michelle A. Chui (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0894-0959)
- Whitney A. Sweeney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9761-1761)
- Molly Murphy
- María Gabriela Dotel Hernández
- Stephanie M. Resendiz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8064-0042)
- Shannon Casey
- Elizabeth S. Burnside
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1768461
- Primary Topic
- Education, Leadership, and Health Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison