Effects of relational coordination among colleagues and span of control on work engagement among home‐visiting nurses

Abstract

Agency span of control is a moderating factor on the positive effect of relational coordination with nursing colleagues on staff nurse work engagement.

The Effect of Relational Coordination on Employee Creative Involvement: A Study of Public and Private Hospitals in Peshawar, Pakistan

“…As indicated in future directions, the other possible outcomes of relational coordination are employee and client/customer related. A limited number of studies focused on these outcomes, for example, HR-related outcomes of relational coordination investigated in previous studies include job satisfaction, motivation, professional efficacy, work engagement and proactive work behavior, job involvement, sense of social support, confidence in collaboration, and psychological safety (Naruse, et al, 2016;Havens, Vasey, Gittell, & Lin, 2010;Carmeli & Gittell, 2009). In present work, we extended the outcomes and included employee creative involvement as an employee-related outcome.…”

“…Findings of studies which investigated the relationship between relational coordination and some favorable employee-related outcome indicate that relational coordination is associated with proactive work behavior and engagement, professional efficacy, greater career satisfaction, identification with organizational values, and motivation (Naruse, et al, 2016;Cramm, & Nieboer, 2014;Havens, et al, 2010). Other outcomes of relational coordination include psychological safety (Carmeli & Gittell, 2009); job involvement and competence (Albertsen, Wiegman, Limborg, Thornfeldt, & Bjorner, 2014); and perceived justice and employee organizational commitment (Alvarez, 2014;Wright, 2015).…”

“…These studies reported that relational coordination bringing efficiency and quality outcomes and additionally positively leading to other favorable customers, client and employee-related outcomes in various healthcare and non-healthcare settings (e.g. Naruse, Sakai, & Nagata, 2016;Lundstrom, 2014;Carmeli & Gittell, 2009;Hagigi, 2012). However, relational coordination-employee outcome is one of such research avenue which is not much explored by previous researches so far.…”

Rethinking Autonomy: Relationships as a Source of Resilience in a Changing Healthcare System

“…; Warshawsky, Havens, and Knafl ; Havens, Warshawsky, and Vasey ; Albertsen et al. ; Naruse, Sakai, and Nagata ).…”

“…Some have described this relational type of coordination as a state of flow in which egos are relinquished in service of a clearly shared purpose, and actions are informed by collective purpose and collective mind, with respect for the contributions offered by each (Quinn and Dutton 2005). Previous studies have found relational coordination to be associated with positive outcomes for workers facing stress Havens et al 2010;Warshawsky, Havens, and Knafl 2012;Havens, Warshawsky, and Vasey 2013;Albertsen et al 2014;Naruse, Sakai, and Nagata 2016).…”