Paper Compendium on Power, Safety, Authority Gradients, and more.

Here are several articles, mostly with full-text links, that explore power dynamics within organisations.

They cover broader themes like social power, systemic, episodic, and relational forms of power, power gradients, voice, psychological safety, and more.

Full-Text Articles

[Below link will say ‘Discursive effects of safety science’. Download it and its a whole book with the above chapter]

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Johan-Bergstroem/publication/335162893_The_Discursive_Effects_of_Safety_Science/links/650ad3d6d5293c106cca099b/The-Discursive-Effects-of-Safety-Science.pdf#page=124

https://sidneydekker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SafetyInPower.pdf

https://sidneydekker.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/JustCultureCritique.pdf

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106446

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4880472/pdf/nihms5702.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wai-Yoong/publication/362609810_Understanding_authority_gradient_tips_for_speaking_up_for_patient_safety_and_how_to_enhance_the_listening_response/links/67a268e296e7fb48b9b46fa6/Understanding-authority-gradient-tips-for-speaking-up-for-patient-safety-and-how-to-enhance-the-listening-response.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Erin-Stevens-2/publication/350469124_The_impact_of_power_on_health_care_team_performance_and_patient_safety_A_review_of_the_literature/links/608758b98ea909241e28c310/The-impact-of-power-on-health-care-team-performance-and-patient-safety-A-review-of-the-literature.pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1197/j.aem.2004.07.005

https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/90953/1/Tear_Safety-culture-and-power.pdf

https://ecampus.nmit.ac.nz/moodle/pluginfile.php/2178236/mod_resource/content/1/Trust%2C%20Power%20and%20safety%20in%20the%20social%20work%20supervisory%20relationship%20%282017%29.pdf

https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/6be4c986-c4d5-5145-9360-6ceb388de953/content

https://sidneydekker.stackedsite.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/899/2017/09/ZeroVision.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/download/86424812/j.ssci.2019.09.02820220524-1-1nt6327.pdf

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2018.10.025

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2327857921101130

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/25160435211027035?fbclid=IwAR21-3M4frgjnjiiesS5EZCfvfnISjdz7M7P8E130r2NLIPcUrqflEellLk&

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.04.039

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09585192.2024.2342294

https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=ohlj

https://eprints.lse.ac.uk/109877/1/Noort_et_al._MANUSCRIPT_for_LSE_online.pdf

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105120

https://www.ida.liu.se/~769A22/Seminarier/articles/safety_counterculture.pdf

https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00668

https://research.vu.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/2277897/202659.pdf

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0096340211426395

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew-Hopkins-4/publication/279759571_The_Limits_of_Normal_Accident_Theory/links/590ef803a6fdccad7b123cb3/The-Limits-of-Normal-Accident-Theory.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/download/107807207/soc4.1273720231125-1-c3885x.pdf

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1463922X.2021.1881653

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Susan-Silbey/publication/228173756_Taming_Prometheus_Talk_About_Safety_and_Culture/links/55103d080cf203521969d837/Taming-Prometheus-Talk-About-Safety-and-Culture.pdf

Ruthless Exploiters or Ethical Guardians of the Workforce? Powerful CEOs and their Impact on Workplace Safety and Health

Safety culture and power dynamics in organizations

https://www.academia.edu/download/110471105/JHQ.000000000000025720240115-1-n29aqn.pdf

https://www.scielo.br/j/rbso/a/ghnrhMFyqSssFxFFSMfQbXd/?format=pdf&lang=en

https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/9554587.pdf

https://ap-st01.ext.exlibrisgroup.com/61SCU_INST/upload/1741316102864/The%20construction%20and%20legitimation%20of%20workplace%20bullying%20in%20the%20pu.pdf?Expires=1741316223&Signature=itZRT0uJOuRdUpI5C3P6RhfqsmZwlNkxQpZQVbs-OlGf4~VM9H7Hsog9a5Nd3X9WWTDqhARrGVNkArCuMcFeuEg38qP5zQdJzx~V7ldivDFG1IBjRzhKkDD1qPB5-0TSTODiNLdesbPVP6ya-inEspaJZVJuekE6WH5lf-TnDICzt5NS-eMYWxjZBtul1KYSdSNXh55As8qvaHpcDQVZzmUTGO9FJgFjtAJiKL~pyn7E~z5Cj13j-of5IfY~jLA6KNFZ-wrB9YBMLEHzqcsAIudz8QUICkkQYYvG4H8MFEESfS~ShEhvYowHBLg6fS0NzNTOzZBmQ4Ii3JWeoys5OQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJ72OZCZ36VGVASIA

https://www.academia.edu/download/49166705/j.socscimed.2009.09.05220160927-27290-19a6oxp.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/download/30990385/2010_Clinical_supervision_Hdez_McDowell.pdf

https://studystock.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/understanding-power-in-organizations.pdf

https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/8236/4/Annals%20accepted.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/download/89536105/0003-066x.45.2.17920220812-1-11im1f6.pdf

https://www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/~krack/documents/pubs/1990/1990%20Assessing%20the%20Political%20Landscape.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/download/31144526/administrative_science_quarterly_7_1972_mechanic.pdf

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/26317877221084714

https://ascelibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1061/%28ASCE%29LM.1943-5630.0000018?download=true

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sean-Buchanan/publication/327477734_Power_Institutions_and_Organizations/links/64888219d702370600ef726d/Power-Institutions-and-Organizations.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Belle-Ragins/publication/232499085_Gender_and_Power_in_Organizations_A_Longitudinal_Perspective/links/56baaf1f08ae3af6847d8c13/Gender-and-Power-in-Organizations-A-Longitudinal-Perspective.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stewart-Ranson/publication/247733580_Power_and_Advantage_in_Organizations/links/0deec53c68032b4ade000000/Power-and-Advantage-in-Organizations.pdf

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=c72a7081f0f19c3f3b4e99c492f16ac2f8a21c92

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/document?repid=rep1&type=pdf&doi=902977fcabe0928dc829ca14ef62a8b26e5b8dad

https://www.jaapboonstra.nl/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Power-dynamics-and-organizational-change2.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jori-Kalkman/publication/308898552_Inter-Organizational_Disaster_Management_Projects_Finding_the_Middle_Way_between_Trust_and_Control/links/5c5a953692851c48a9bd7ccc/Inter-Organizational-Disaster-Management-Projects-Finding-the-Middle-Way-between-Trust-and-Control.pdf

https://www.humanfactors.lth.se/fileadmin/lusa/Sidney_Dekker/articles/2003_and_before/SuparamaniamDekker2003.pdf

https://mutualaiddisasterrelief.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/The_Biopolitics_of_Disaster_Power_Discourses_and_Practices.pdf

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:513208/FULLTEXT01.pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/rhc3.12218

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Howard-Schwartz-2/publication/40955166_On_the_psychodynamics_of_organizational_disaster_The_case_of_the_space_shuttle_Challenger/links/5cd08c0a92851c4eab87d179/On-the-psychodynamics-of-organizational-disaster-The-case-of-the-space-shuttle-Challenger.pdf

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106446

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10111-019-00545-8.pdf

https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/79944444/1d996e_7f6d510450714d16a785e27021ff18b8-libre.pdf?1643583068=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DLeader_Humility_and_Team_Creativity_The.pdf&Expires=1742163884&Signature=dpjnEIAR6EST6HE0kx1~oMIMWZT7p~7tI4qslcYJO9tzlH5l8JsrCpijy4umQXbVzcBvJB799-d~rhpyacjjc0xF-SL0elgOB3llLFvyoWfjBzmEyjKVv8-nmFZNgByEjk9ymu5mzK5W5a9puCm5YBcOolRSmHzoHIlDDNEBxCr-sVGZddRRRxYtYKl83Qau5zlPOJq9nWSe7EIUZcB9-YD6i8jtSwXF5DiStJgRZRvR7ydIWxhKoZwCUe4qUPBAPYZvv3ybYIuARgj7KlEJV8mAPUw3MZSpROLY8YP~m52Yw6lJ8iCZMx2up2xyEi-gyoa2geJjmDaTB6Ic~BbX2g__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emil-Kotsev/publication/381496413_Managing_the_Distance_with_the_Superior_Toward_a_Resolution_of_a_Subordinate_Manager’s_Dilemma/links/667a797b1dec0c3c6fa322e1/Managing-the-Distance-with-the-Superior-Toward-a-Resolution-of-a-Subordinate-Managers-Dilemma.pdf

https://www.academia.edu/105928772/Danger_zone_Men_masculinity_and_occupational_health_and_safety_in_high_risk_occupations

https://www.ida.liu.se/~769A22/Seminarier/articles/safety_counterculture.pdf

https://scholarlypublications.universiteitleiden.nl/access/item%3A3250217/view

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2020.105120

https://www.academia.edu/91832217/Power_organization_design_and_managerial_behaviour

https://journal.psych.ac.cn/acps/EN/Y2022/V54/I5/549

Abstracts & Extracts

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2008.02.004

https://asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/medu.12947

https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5973.00032

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691004129/normal-accidents?srsltid=AfmBOorMEgPZMJ-EM2pIOy_Mz1WhKd8IC6z_NGRBcycAgOP7Ktza7r5v

https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3645893.html]

authority power gradient psychological safety

Tom Geraghty

Tom Geraghty, co-founder and delivery lead at Iterum Ltd, is an expert in high performing teams and psychological safety. Leveraging his unique background in ecological research and technology, Tom has held CIO/CTO roles in a range of sectors from tech startups to global finance firms. He holds a degree in Ecology, an MBA, and a Masters in Global Health. His mission is to make workplaces safer, higher performing, and more inclusive. Tom has shared his insights at major events such as The IT Leaders Summit, the NHS Senior Leadership Conference, and EHS Global Conferences. Connect with him on LinkedIn or email tom@psychsafety.com