The Moderating Role of Psychological Safety on the Relationship between Misperceived Overtime Work Norms and Opinion Expression

Abstract

This research explores the possibility that people overestimate others’ positive beliefs toward overtime work (i.e. occurrence of pluralistic ignorance) and the moderating effect of psychological safety on the relationship between pluralistic ignorance and the behavior. The results demonstrate the following two points: People overestimate the others’ approval of overtime work and higher perception of psychological safety in the workplaces attenuate the negative influence of pluralistic ignorance on expressing opinion.