The concept of psychological safety in the workplace is becoming increasingly important to organizational culture and planning. Kahn (1990, Academy of Management Journal, 33(4), 692–724) had defined psychological safety as ‘being able to show and employ one’s self without fear of negative consequences of self-image, status or career’. For the purposes of this study, the researcher emphasized on the need for the members of an organization to feel safe, which is a step beyond just being safe. This study explores the various dimensions of psychological safety among a group of 405 high school students from across India. The study involved the administration of a confidential questionnaire involving 21 items. A principal component analysis involving the results of the survey led to the extraction of four factors. These factors were termed as protect, support, encourage and include. A confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to validate the model, and the model-fit results were within the acceptable range. The subsequent model was termed as the PSEI (Protect, Support, Encourage, Include) model for psychological safety in schools.

Students form a major part of the influence for the effective implementation of the teaching-learning process in schools. Teachers make up the other significant part of the process. Studies have been conducted on whether students influence teacher motivation at work. Since schools can be designed to create a self motivating behavioral systems, it is essential to know in detail how each aspect of students behavior influence the motivation of teachers. The present study dwells into the various factors related to student behavior that influences the motivation of school teachers. A random sample of teachers (N=111) was chosen for the purpose of the study and the subsequent results were analyzed by SPSS 17.0. A principal component analysis extracted three factors: these factors were named Bonding factors, Process factors and Hindrance factors. Subsequently a principal component regression was conducted. The study provided a detailed insight on how the motivation of school teachers is influenced by the behavioral aspects of their students.

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