{
  "title": "Psychosocial risks in the canton of Fribourg: can employees raise a concern in either language?",
  "url": "https://shr.swiss/blog/risques-psychosociaux-fribourg-signaler-difficulte-deux-langues-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-06-30",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "An absence of reports does not prove an absence of difficulties. In a bilingual organisation, prevention requires examining who can speak up, in which language and with what follow-up.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Psychosocial Risks",
  "place": {
    "name": "Fribourg",
    "region": "Fribourg",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "1. What the literature establishes: speaking up requires interpersonal safety",
      "point": "Amy Edmondson (1999, Administrative Science Quarterly) observes an association between team psychological safety and learning behaviours, such as seeking help or discussing mistakes."
    },
    {
      "heading": "2. A mechanism: silence can become collective",
      "point": "Elizabeth Wolfe Morrison and Frances Milliken (2000, Academy of Management Review) propose a theoretical model of organisational silence: certain management practices and beliefs can foster the view that speaking up is pointless or risky."
    },
    {
      "heading": "3. The premature conclusion: translation alone would enable people to speak up",
      "point": "Providing a form in French and German may improve access without making the process safe."
    },
    {
      "heading": "4. The limitations: reports do not measure health",
      "point": "Neither article is a study of bilingualism in Fribourg or a clinical assessment of [psychosocial risks](/formation-risques-psychosociaux-fribourg)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "5. A practical check in Fribourg",
      "point": "As a hypothetical example, an agri-food site, a bilingual industrial company or a university service in Fribourg could test the same reporting procedure in French and German for one month, with a named contact and the option of receiving a response in the chosen language."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Edmondson",
      "year": "1999",
      "source": "Administrative Science Quarterly"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Milliken",
      "year": "2000",
      "source": "Academy of Management Review"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 457,
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    "fr": "https://shr.swiss/blog/risques-psychosociaux-fribourg-signaler-difficulte-deux-langues",
    "en": "https://shr.swiss/blog/risques-psychosociaux-fribourg-signaler-difficulte-deux-langues-en",
    "de": "https://shr.swiss/blog/risques-psychosociaux-fribourg-signaler-difficulte-deux-langues-de",
    "it": "https://shr.swiss/blog/risques-psychosociaux-fribourg-signaler-difficulte-deux-langues-it"
  },
  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://shr.swiss/formation-risques-psychosociaux-fribourg",
    "city": "https://shr.swiss/formations-ville/fribourg",
    "blog": "https://shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}