Psychological safety: Its effects on safety critical operations and its integration into Bridge Teamwork - A narrative literature review
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Examensarbete på grundnivå
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2022
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Rahmoun, Huseen
Said Essa, Mustafa
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As the world becomes increasingly interdependent, organizations are focusing more on
teamwork to improve both efficiency at work as well as safety. Psychological safety is an
important part of a team’s efficiency. Psychological safety is defined as a climate in which a
person is safe to highlight their ideas, report mistakes and speak up without fear of
humiliation or blame. Teamwork efficiency onboard is recognized by the International
Maritime Authority as a key element for safety.
This paper analyzes whether and how psychological safety is integrated into the Standard of
Watchkeeping at Sea (STCW) training and requirement for seafarers. This paper’s focus are
two main points: The first is psychological safety’s implementation in safety-critical-24/7
operations, the second is whether and to what extent are the fundamentals of psychological
safety implemented within the STCW which dictates the minimum requirements for
professional seafarers. Psychological Safety within teamwork in safety-critical operations are
outlined through a narrative literature review. The appliance of psychological safety in
different safety critical domains is juxtaposed to The Bridge Resource management (BRM)
guided by STCW. These are analyzed to see whether and how much BRM supports the
fundamentals of psychological safety.
Results indicate that psychological safety is well established within various safety-critical
domains to enhance teamwork and thus safety. Within maritime and especially BRM-training
it was found that psychological safety is not explicitly mentioned as theory, but many of its
constituents are found within the course and training. As it is shown that many foundations of
psychological safety are taught within the BRM course it is interesting that psychological
safety is not present as a terminology. Further investigation to see if the phenomenon of
Psychological Safety could improve the BRM training course is advised.
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Psychological Safety , Teamwork , Bridge Resource Management (BRM) , Maritime , IMO