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Figure 3: Strength of SES effect over time. As we age and gain experience, status and workplace collateral, our early life experiences still matter, but their influence is less over time. The wider 95% confidence intervals at each end represent fewer survey responses.

How Childhood Socioeconomic Status Shapes Psychological Safety and Career Risk-Taking at Work

How comparatively well-off we feel as children affects our later appetite for interpersonal risk taking in the workplace. Authors: Tom Geraghty & Jade Garratt, Psychsafety.com In our work and experience with teams and organisations all over the world, we always suspected

Socioeconomic background affects our appetite to take interpersonal risks at work.

Edited 2025: See our updated research on how socioeconomic background affects interpersonal risk taking and opportunities in the workplace. Research by KPMG shows that people from working class families took an average 19% longer to move up a grade in

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