Are your students safe to learn? The role of lecturer's authentic leadership in the creation of psychologically safe environments and their impact on academic performance

Soares, André Escórcio and Lopes, Miguel Pereira (2020) Are your students safe to learn? The role of lecturer's authentic leadership in the creation of psychologically safe environments and their impact on academic performance. Active Learning in Higher Education, 21 (1). pp. 65-78. ISSN 1469-7874

Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787417742023

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Abstract

As the role of students and lecturers in higher education changes, several questions emerge about the role of each of them on students? academic performance. This includes questions regarding the impact of the relationships between students, lecturer?s characteristics and the social environment on students? performance. To address these questions, this article reports a study of the impact of lecturer authentic leadership, psychological safety and network density on academic performance. It explores the relationship between network density, psychological safety and lecturer authentic leadership. A questionnaire was distributed to undergraduate students. A positive impact of lecturer authentic leadership and psychological safety on academic performance was found. Students from high-density groups tended to show better academic performance, higher psychological safety and tended to see their lecturers as being more authentic. A reflection on the role of the lecturer in higher education settings is presented. It also presents some recommendations on how student academic performance can be improved by the adoption of specific behaviours by their lecturer.

Keywords:business education, psychological safety, social networks, academic performance, network density, authentic leadership
Subjects:C Biological Sciences > C811 Occupational Psychology
N Business and Administrative studies > N224 Management and Organisation of Education
Divisions:College of Social Science > School of Psychology
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Deposited On:19 Dec 2022 15:42

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