# Psychological Safety: The History, Renaissance, and Future of an Interpersonal Construct

*Edmondson · Origins, Measurement & Method · Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior · 2014 · Open access*

The Annual Review piece covering the PS literature from the 1990s to 2012 — the predecessor to the 2023 'Comes of Age' review. Synthesises the field's early development, maps antecedents and outcomes, and identifies gaps that motivated a decade of subsequent research.

- **This page:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/edmondson-lei-2014/
- **View the source paper:** https://cerebra.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091305-2.pdf
- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?mode=papers&node=edmondson-lei-2014

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- [Psychological Safety: A Meta-Analytic Review and Extension](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/frazier-et-al-2017.md) (paper)
- [What is PS?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/about-psychological-safety.md)
- [Psychological Safety Comes of Age: Observed Themes in an Established Literature](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/edmondson-bransby-2023.md) (paper)
- [Psychological Safety: A Systematic Review of the Literature](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/newman-donohue-eva-2017.md) (paper)
- [A game of adoption – but playing by whose rules?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/busch-curseu-neessen-2026.md) (paper)
- [Errors in Organizations: An Integrative Review via Level of Analysis, Temporal Dynamism, and Priority Lenses](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/lei-naveh-novikov-2016.md) (paper)
- [History of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-history-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [Reaping the Benefits of Task Conflict in Teams: The Critical Role of Team Psychological Safety Climate](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/bradley-et-al-2012.md) (paper)
- [Benefits of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/benefits-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [Measuring PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/measure-psychological-safety.md)
- [Team Learning in the Field: An Organizing Framework and Avenues for Future Research](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/harvey-edmondson-2025.md) (paper)