# Measuring PS

*Tom Geraghty · Measurement*

Examines the epistemology and practice of measuring psychological safety: what surveys actually capture, why averages obscure the least safe person, and how the act of measurement itself shapes what gets valued. Advises caution and qualitative approaches over metric fixation.

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## Connected concepts (45)

- [Psychological Safety and Learning Behavior in Work Teams](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/edmondson-1999.md) (paper)
- [Psychological Safety: A Meta-Analytic Review and Extension](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/frazier-et-al-2017.md) (paper)
- [Who Gets to Decide if PS Matters?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/who-gets-to-decide-if-psychological-safety-matters.md)
- [Deliberate Learning to Improve Performance in Dynamic Service Settings: Evidence from Hospital Intensive Care Units](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/nembhard-tucker-2011.md) (paper)
- [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)
- [Psychological Safety: The History, Renaissance, and Future of an Interpersonal Construct](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/edmondson-lei-2014.md) (paper)
- [The Psychological Conditions of Meaningfulness, Safety and Availability and the Engagement of the Human Spirit at Work](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/may-gilson-harter-2004.md) (paper)
- [Thinking About Process Safety Indicators](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/hopkins-2009.md) (paper)
- [A Question of Trust](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/oneill-2002.md) (paper)
- [Assessing the Impact of Planned Social Change](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/campbell-1979.md) (paper)
- [Dysfunctional Consequences of Performance Measurements](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ridgway-1956.md) (paper)
- [How Did Crew Resource Management Take-Off Outside of the Cockpit? A Systematic Review of How CRM Training Is Conceptualised and Evaluated for Non-Pilots](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/havinga-et-al-2017.md) (paper)
- [Least Safe Person](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/a-team-is-only-as-safe-as-the-least-safe-person.md)
- [Principles of Ethical Measurement](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/principles-of-ethical-measurement-in-organisations.md)
- [Psychological Antecedents of Promotive and Prohibitive Voice: A Two-Wave Examination](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/liang-farh-farh-2012.md) (paper)
- [Qualitative Measurement of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/qualitative-measurement-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [The Strange Confidence of 360° Feedback](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-strange-confidence-of-360-degree-feedback.md)
- [Tool Kits & Resources](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/tool-kit.md)
- [Verbal Reports as Data](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ericsson-simon-1980.md) (paper)
- [Academic Fraud & Data Dishonesty](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/academic-fraud-data-and-dishonesty.md)
- [Beyond Metrics](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/beyond-metrics.md)
- [Diversity & Performance](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-54-diversity-and-performance.md)
- [Goodhart's / Cobra Effect](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/goodharts-law-campbells-law-and-the-cobra-effect.md)
- [How Psychological Safety Affects Team Performance: Mediating Role of Efficacy and Learning Behavior](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/kim-lee-connerton-2020.md) (paper)
- [Innovation is not Enough: Climates for Initiative and Psychological Safety, Process Innovations, and Firm Performance](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/baer-frese-2003.md) (paper)
- [Project Aristotle](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/googles-project-aristotle.md)
- [PS Index Critique](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-psychological-safety-index-a-critical-look.md)
- [PS Quadrant](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-team-performance-exercise.md)
- [Psychosocial Safety](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychosocial-safety.md)
- [Streetlight Effect](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-streetlight-effect.md)
- [The Limits of Psychological Safety: Nonlinear Relationships with Performance](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/eldor-hodor-cappelli-2023.md) (paper)
- [The PS Framework](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-framework.md)
- [Anonymous Feedback & 'Woke' PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-anonymous-feedback-and-woke-companies.md)
- [Choosing a Psychometric Tool](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/choosing-a-psychometric-tool.md)
- [Counterfactuals](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/counterfactuals.md)
- [Fist of Five Critique](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-fist-of-five.md)
- [Is Your Team Psychologically Safe? Take This Quiz.](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/is-your-team-psychologically-safe-the-ten-statement-quiz.md)
- [Measuring PS: Questions First](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-87-measuring-psychological-safety-questions-to-ask-yourself-first.md)
- [Nonlinear PS & Performance](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/a-critique-of-the-limits-of-psychological-safety-nonlinear-relationships-with-performance.md)
- [PS & Science](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-68-science.md)
- [Reflections Pt 3: The Safety to Dissent](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/reflections-part-three.md)
- [Replicating the 'Seductive Allure of Neuroscience Explanations' Effect](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/vath-et-al-2024.md) (paper)
- [State of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-state-of-psychological-safety.md)
- [PS Top 7](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-92-the-top-7.md)