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Psychosocial Safety Climate Scale

The Psychosocial Safety Climate Scale (PSC-12) measures employees' perceptions of organizational commitment to protecting worker psychological health and preventing psychosocial hazards (stress, harassment, bullying). Developed by Dollard and Karasek, and refined by Bailey and colleagues, the PSC-12 captures four dimensions of management support, communication, and hazard prevention. The scale is predictive of workplace stress, burnout, mental health disorders, and absenteeism, making it a leading indicator for organizational health and a lever for preventive intervention.

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Psychosocial Safety Climate Scale (PSC-12)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / occupational-health
  • Bailey, T. S., Dollard, M. F., McLinton, S. S., & Richards, P. A. (2015). Psychosocial safety climate: Latent profiles in Australian workplaces and psychosocial hazard exposure. Int J Stress Manag, 22(4), 413–442. · URL
  • Dollard, M. F., & Karasek, R. A. (2010). Building psychosocial safety climate: Evaluating the neighbor effect of a safety literature based job stress intervention in two police stations. J Occup Organ Psychol, 83(1), 123–141. · DOI 10.1002/9780470661550.ch11
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