TY - JOUR
T1 - With a little help from my friends: the positive contribution of teamwork to safety behaviour in public hospitals
AU - Trinchero, Elisabetta
AU - Kominis, Georgios
AU - Dudau, Adina
AU - Corduneanu, Roxana-Iuliana
PY - 2020/1/2
Y1 - 2020/1/2
N2 - Against the backdrop of decreased organizational slack in public sector organizations, we investigate the direct and indirect effect of teams on safety behaviour in an Italian acute care hospital. Quantitative and qualitative findings confirm the positive contribution of teams to individuals’ safety behaviour. The study contributes to the limited empirical research on safety behaviour in high-reliability settings as part of a wider conversation about public sector professionals under crisis. The findings can assist managers of public sector hospitals to facilitate conditions for effective team communication in the interest of patient safety, and can, conceivably, be extended to other public sector high-reliability settings.
AB - Against the backdrop of decreased organizational slack in public sector organizations, we investigate the direct and indirect effect of teams on safety behaviour in an Italian acute care hospital. Quantitative and qualitative findings confirm the positive contribution of teams to individuals’ safety behaviour. The study contributes to the limited empirical research on safety behaviour in high-reliability settings as part of a wider conversation about public sector professionals under crisis. The findings can assist managers of public sector hospitals to facilitate conditions for effective team communication in the interest of patient safety, and can, conceivably, be extended to other public sector high-reliability settings.
KW - safety behaviour
KW - teamwork
KW - positive organizational behaviour
KW - psychological capital
KW - hospitals
U2 - 10.1080/14719037.2019.1638443
DO - 10.1080/14719037.2019.1638443
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 141
EP - 160
JO - Public Management Review
JF - Public Management Review
SN - 1471-9037
IS - 1
ER -