Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet: Using Social Information Processing Theory to Explain People Management Climate Strength

In this study, we aim to explain people management climate strength (PMCS). Climate strength has often been examined in relation to human resource (HR) practices. We argue that the implementation of HR practices by supervisors is intertwined with supportive leadership practices and therefore we focus on people management. In addition, HR climate strength has often been approached with Bowen & Ostroff’s framework. However, empirical research provides little empirical evidence for this framework’s antecedents of climate strength. We propose a model in which demographic homogeneity and emotional safety increase PMCS, mediated by interaction among employees. Based on data among teachers in secondary schools, we find support for the hypothesized relationship between emotional safety and PMCS, mediated by interaction among employees.