Role clarity, role conflict, and vitality at work: The role of the basic needs

Karkkola, Petri; Kuittinen, Matti; Hintsa, Taina

doi:10.1111/sjop.12550

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“…Finally, supervisor support, overall organizational justice, and role clarity was found to be associated with a lower likelihood of membership into the Low Empowerment profile relative to the Moderately High Empowerment and Impact profile. These results thus add further evidence to research supporting the adaptive role of supervisor support (Caesens et al, 2020), overall organizational justice (Ambrose & Schminke, 2019;Bernhard-Oettel et al, 2020), and role clarity (Karkkola et al, 2019;Whitaker et al, 2007). Despite these generally positive effects of job resources on PE, it is noteworthy that role clarity seems to have the strongest effects on PE.…”

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confidence: 70%

“…Similarly, employees who know what they need to do and what is expected of them experience choice and willingness (i.e., high levels of self-determination) because they behave in a way that is congruent with their self-endorsed values and interests (Deci et al, 2017). Finally, role clarity represents a critical job resource that is instrumental in cultivating PE (e.g., impact, competence) because it reduces job-related uncertainty (Whitaker et al, 2007), helps employees focus on essential aspects of their work (Bang et al, 2010), and allows them to effectively invest energy in their work roles (Karkkola et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Longitudinal psychological empowerment profiles, their determinants, and some health-related outcomes

Gillet

Cougot

Moret

et al. 2023

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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This research relies on bifactor models to help improve our understanding of the dimensionality of the psychological empowerment construct. We also examined the configurations, or profiles, taken by psychological empowerment dimensions, and documented their stability over time as well as the associations between these profiles and theoretically-relevant predictors (workload, supervisor support, overall organizational justice, and role clarity) and outcomes (alcohol consumption, sleeping difficulties, and depressive symptoms). A sample of 750 healthcare workers completed a questionnaire twice over a one-year period. First, our results showed that employees' psychological empowerment ratings simultaneously reflected a global overarching construct co-existing with four specific dimensions (competence, impact, meaning, and self-determination). Then, five profiles were identified and found to be highly stable over time: Low Empowerment, Moderately High Empowerment and Impact, Normative, High Empowerment, and Moderately High Empowerment and High Meaning.Role clarity was also associated with a higher likelihood of membership into the High Empowerment profile and a lower likelihood of membership into the Low Empowerment one relative to the other profiles. Finally, employees' depressive symptoms were the highest in the Low Empowerment profile.

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Section: Predictors Of Pe Profilessupporting

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Longitudinal psychological empowerment profiles, their determinants, and some health-related outcomes

Gillet

Cougot

Moret

et al. 2023

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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“…These aspects eventually lead to early termination or delay of CMHS [49]. A study by Karkkola et al found that role clarity through higher autonomy and higher competence can impact subjective dynamics at work [50]. Therefore, CMHWs can increase their motivation by proactively clarifying their roles and responsibilities as well as systematically learning expertise.…”

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Experiences and challenges faced by community mental health workers when providing care to people with mental illness: a qualitative study

Yang

et al. 2022

BMC Psychiatry

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Background Mental illness is a major burden of disease worldwide. Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) are key to achieving community-based recovery for people with mental illness. In China, even though the community management of patients with mental illness is improving, the barriers faced by Community Mental Health Workers (CMHWs) are unclear. This study explores the difficulties and challenges in CMHS from the perspective of CMHWs. The results of this study may provide a practical basis for the training of CMHWs. Methods We carried out a qualitative study using an empirical phenomenological approach. Nine CMHWs were recruited from nine communities in Wuhan, Hubei Province, using purposive and snowball sampling. Face to face semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with them from December 27 to 28, 2019. Interview recordings were converted to text content by Nvivo 11.0 software and analyzed using Colaizzi’s phenomenological method. Results Three main themes were identified in this study: 1) Lack of role orientation leads to role ambiguity, 2) Failure to establish a therapeutic trust relationship with patients, and 3) Lack of communication and collaboration with various departments and peers. Seven sub themes were also identified. In these themes, CMHWs emphasized the importance of role clarity, therapeutic trusting relationships, and effective communication and coordination mechanisms. Conclusion Although China has made great efforts on the road to improving the quality of CMHS, several salient issues regarding CMHWs must be addressed to optimize the quality of services provided by CMHWs. Community mental health institutions should help CMHWs overcome these difficulties, by maximizing its value and promoting the development of CMHS.

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“…Role clarity implies that the employee knows the job requirements and what is formally and informally expected of him or her. 24 According to the national guidelines, municipalities should have their own control system which should secure a clear disposition of responsibility and tasks, and where goals, tasks, and activities should be clearly defined. 2 This means that there should be a system which ensures role clarity.…”

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confidence: 99%

Ethics reflection groups for school nurses

Heggestad

Førde²,

Magelssen

et al. 2020

Nurs Ethics

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Background: School nurses have great responsibilities as the connecting link between school, children/adolescents, parents, and other healthcare services. Being in this middle position, and handling complex situations and problems related to children in school, may be demanding and also lead to ethical challenges. Clinical ethics support, such as ethics reflection groups, may be of help when dealing with ethical challenges. However, there is little research on experiences with ethics reflection groups among school nurses. Aim: The aim of this research was to explore how nurses in school healthcare experience their role, and how they experience participation in ethics reflection groups, using a model for systematic ethics reflection, the Centre for Medical Ethics model. Research design: The project had a qualitative design, using focus group interviews and thematic analysis. Ethical considerations: The study was evaluated by the Data Protection Official at the Norwegian Centre for Research Data (project no. 57373). The participants were given oral and written information about the study and signed a written consent. Participants and context: Twelve participants from school healthcare were recruited to the interviews. Findings: School nurses described their role as extremely challenging. How the school nurses experienced their role also influenced how they experienced participating in ethics reflection groups. The Centre for Medical Ethics model was experienced as both challenging and comprehensive. However, they also experienced that the model helped them to clarify their role and could also help them to find better solutions. Conclusion: The role as school nurse is complex and demanding, with several ethical challenges. Ethics reflection groups may be of great help when dealing with these challenges. However, it is of great importance that the methods used are adjusted to the professionals’ needs and context.

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Role clarity, role conflict, and vitality at work: The role of the basic needs

Cited by 28 publications

References 45 publications

Longitudinal psychological empowerment profiles, their determinants, and some health-related outcomes

Longitudinal psychological empowerment profiles, their determinants, and some health-related outcomes

Experiences and challenges faced by community mental health workers when providing care to people with mental illness: a qualitative study

Ethics reflection groups for school nurses

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