Factors influencing teamwork and collaboration within a tertiary medical center

Abstract

AIM:To understand how work climate and related factors influence teamwork and collaboration in a large medical center. METHODS:A survey of 3462 employees was conducted to generate responses to Sexton's Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ) to assess perceptions of work environment via a series of five-point, Likert-scaled questions. Path analysis was performed, using teamwork (TW) and collaboration (CO) as endogenous variables. RESULTS:Path analysis enables to identify statistically significant predictors of two endogenous variables, teamwork and intra-organizational collaboration. Significant amounts of variance in perceived teamwork (R 2 = 0.59) and in collaboration (R 2 = 0.75) are accounted for by the predictor variables. In the initial model, safety culture is the most important predictor of perceived teamwork, with a β weight of 0.51, and work climate is the most significant predictor of collaboration, with a β weight of 0.84. After eliminating statistically insignificant causal paths and allowing correlated predictors1, the revised model shows that work climate is the only predictor positively influencing both teamwork (β = 0.26) and collaboration (β = 0.88). A relatively weak positive (β = 0.14) but statistically significant relationship exists between teamwork and collaboration when the effects of other predictors are simultaneously controlled. CONCLUSION:Hospital executives who are interested in improving collaboration should assess the work climate to ensure that employees are operating in a setting conducive to intra-organizational collaboration.

Emotional intelligence and job satisfaction of academic librarians: An assessment of the relationship

“…Regarding the indicator of self-assessment, the present study supported Stremmel and Powell (1991), Judge and Bono (2001) and Wu and Griffin (2012) who determined a significant relationship of self-assessment with JS. Similarly, the results of teamwork and collaboration established the findings of Makary et al (2006), Oandasan et al (2009), Oliver (2008), Chang et al (2009), Kalisch et al (2010) and Chien et al (2012) who posited that EI is positively related with JS. Furthermore, the results of optimism supported the findings of Lynn et al (1997), Al-Mashaan (2003), Kluemper et al (2009), Medline and Green (2009), and Kaplan and Bickes (2013).…”

“…Additionally, the results implied that university librarians probably feel happy at the workplace when they perform in teams and collaborate with each other. However, strong communication skills are needed to build successful collaboration within the team (Chien et al, 2012). Conversely, Ameen (2012) stated that communication courses, currently taught in LIS schools, are not supporting librarians to perform effectively.…”

“…Besides these, the theory of teamwork is dependent on the notions of cooperation and coordination where workers share their knowledge, skills and attitudes (Ghorbanhosseini, 2013). However, strong communication skills are needed to build successful collaboration among the team members (Chien et al, 2012). The collaboration of team workers will then show the differences and levels of performance that may further facilitate the accomplishment of mutual interest goals (Sani et al, 2013).…”

Satisfaction of the Stakeholders as Users of Graduates of Bali State Polytechnic

“…Effective teams need a good communication process that involves the exchange of information and clear interaction between values, strengths and attitudes among team members, and that team members must often listen to each other to develop mutual knowledge and share information to enhance collaboration and communication [25]. A good work climate and job satisfaction positively influence teamwork [26].…”

A study of deficiencies in teamwork skills among Jordan caregivers

“…Neufeld et al (2010) reported that effective personal communication skills are a central component of charisma that is critical in determining whether the leader's message will be understood and acknowledged, effective teams require reliable communication process that involves a clear exchange of information and interactions of values, powers and attitudes among team members, and that team members have to listen frequently to each other in order to develop mutual knowledge and information sharing to enhance collaboration and communication. Authors illustrated that a safe work climate and job satisfaction positively influence teamwork (Chien et al, 2012).…”