Collaboration Satisfaction Research Articles

Relationship of Demographic Profile to Satisfaction in Interprofessional Collaboration among Medical-Surgical Ward Nurses in Selected Hospitals of Shandong, China: A Cross-Sectional Study

With the spread of the concept of team medicine, active nurse-doctor collaboration is closely related to nursing quality. Nursing standards recognize that collaborative practice is a necessary condition for high-quality patient care, but many nurses are often reluctant to participate in interprofessional teams, indicating that challenges in nurse-doctor collaboration still exist. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between demographic data and nurse interprofessional satisfaction of medical and surgical nurses in tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province, and to provide a reference direction for improving teamwork. Methods: The research method was a cross-sectional study. Medical and surgical nurses in three tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province were surveyed. Medical and surgical nurses who were officially registered in the hospital and had been engaged in internal medicine or surgery for at least one year were selected. They were aged 18 to 45 years. The researchers used SPSS software to analyze the data, and descriptive statistics (frequency percentage distribution, mean score, and standard deviation) were used to present the satisfaction scores. If the data did not follow a normal distribution, nonparametric tests were used. Results: The average scores of the interprofessional collaboration satisfaction scale for the participating nurses were: "overall expectation" 2.67; "perception dimension of professional collaboration" 3.78; "The overall relationship satisfaction of professional cooperation" 3.83; "Communication and tolerance of interprofessional collaboration" 3.80; "Equality of interprofessional collaboration" 3.81; "Satisfaction with interprofessional collaboration" 2.98. The results of non-parametric tests showed that there was a significant difference between marriage and nurses' satisfaction with interprofessional collaboration (P<0.05). Conclusion: The overall satisfaction of nurses with interprofessional collaboration in three tertiary hospitals in Shandong Province was generally average. The three hospitals should improve the management model and care about the mental health of nurses according to factors such as the marital status of nurses. Nurses should make a good distinction and plan between work and life to promote interprofessional collaboration.

To Share or Not to Share? Knowledge Convergence and Divergence in Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration

For cross-disciplinary teams to be effective, what knowledge should be shared and what knowledge should remain unique to individual team members? We adopted a mixed-method approach using a sample of grant-funded teams composed of principal and co-principal investigators of diverse disciplines. Interviewees and survey respondents especially favored knowledge similarity over uniqueness for team vision and teamwork, but less preference for convergence emerged for research outcomes and research content (theory, operational details of methodology, analysis). Moreover, more team knowledge convergence was associated with higher perceived collaboration satisfaction and trended in the direction of more grants, publications, and conference presentations.

The physical body as a computing interface: Theoretical conceptualization of embodied affordances and empirical validation

Despite the growing interest in immersive virtual reality (IVR) for collaboration and the rising prevalence of commercial applications, the extant body of knowledge on IVR is still in a nascent stage. A paucity of empirical studies have investigated the affordances engendered for collaboration, resulting in a lack of theoretical underpinnings for comprehending the impact of IVR on collaboration outcomes. In an effort to address these lacunae in research, this study explores how IVR affordances for collaboration influence task performance and collaboration satisfaction. Drawing on the metaverse framework for collaboration against the backdrop of the corporeal embodiment concept, this study develops a research model that investigates the interplay between IVR affordances for collaboration, collaborative behavior enactment, and collaboration outcomes. The model was tested using data collected from 168 subjects who participated in a virtual collaboration using IVR in a laboratory setting. The results of the study showed that avatar customizability was a key antecedent to embodied affordances, among which embodied communication and embodied team processing jointly influenced collaborative behavior enactment, which, in turn, influenced collaboration outcomes (task performance and collaboration satisfaction). This study contributes to the IVR literature by conceptualizing novel affordances for collaboration facilitated by IVR and empirically scrutinizing the manner in which perceived affordances precipitate their actualization, subsequently affecting collaboration outcomes. With respect to practice, the findings of this study provide useful insights for organizational managers and IVR developers who seek to harness the benefits of IVR for effective collaboration.

Based on human-like variable admittance control for human–robot collaborative motion

AbstractAdmittance control of the robot is an important method to improve human–robot collaborative performance. However, it displays poor matching between admittance parameters and human–robot collaborative motion. This results in poor motion performance when the robot interacts with the changeable environment (human). Therefore, to improve the performance of human–robot collaboration, the human-like variable admittance parameter regulator (HVAPR) based on the change rate of interaction force is proposed by studying the human arm’s static and dynamic admittance parameters in human–human collaborative motion. HVAPR can generate admittance parameters matching with human collaborative motion. To test the performance of the proposed HVAPR, the human–robot collaborative motion experiment based on HVAPR is designed and compared with the variable admittance parameter regulator (VAPR). The satisfaction, recognition ratio, and recognition confidence of the two admittance parameter regulators are statistically analyzed via questionnaire. Simultaneously, the trajectory and interaction force of the robot are analyzed, and the performance of the human–robot collaborative motion is assessed and compared using the trajectory smoothness index and average energy index. The results show that HVAPR is superior to VAPR in human–robot collaborative satisfaction, robot trajectory smoothness, and average energy consumption.

Communication Sequences Indicate Team Cohesion: A Mixed-Methods Study of Ad Hoc League of Legends Teams

Team cohesion is a widely known predictor of performance and collaborative satisfaction. However, how it develops and can be assessed, especially in fast-paced ad hoc dynamic teams, remains unclear. An unobtrusive and objective behavioural measure of cohesion would help identify determinants of cohesion in these teams. We investigated team communication as a potential measure in a mixed-methods study with 48 teams (n=135) in the digital game League of Legends. We first established that cohesion shows similar performance and satisfaction in League of Legends. teams as in non-game teams and confirmed a positive relationship between communication word frequency and cohesion. Further, we conducted an in-depth exploratory qualitative analysis of the communication sequences in a high-cohesion and a low-cohesion team. High cohesion is associated with sequences of apology->encouragement, suggestion->agree/acknowledge, answer->answer, and answer->question, while low-cohesion is associated with sequences of opinion/analysis->opinion/analysis, disagree->disagree, command->disagree, and frustration->frustration. Our findings also show that cohesion is important to team satisfaction independently of the match outcomes. We highlight that communication sequences are more useful than frequencies to determine team cohesion via player interactions.

성인학습자를 위한 실시간 혼합형 수업설계 및 실행전략 개발 연구

This study aims to develop the design and implementation strategies and examine learners’ perceptions of synchronous blended learning classes. To this end, this study applied the Design and Development research method and developed 12 strategies and 44 detailed guidelines. 15 adult learners participated in synchronous blended learning classes for two days and 13 participants’ survey data were collected. As a result, it was found that learners positively perceived class satisfaction, participation mode satisfaction, flow, perceived learning outcomes, teaching presence, collaborative process satisfaction, and socially shared regulations. Based on the results, we discussed what to consider when designing and implementing synchronous blended learning. Through the study, it is expected to improve the quality of synchronous blended learning conducted by educational institutions in the era of COVID-19.

Teacher's Emotional Display Affects Students' Perceptions of Teacher's Competence, Feelings, and Productivity in Online Small-Group Discussions.

Teacher's emotions have been shown to be highly important in the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning. There is a recognized need to examine the essential role of teacher's emotions in students' academic achievement. However, the influence of teacher's displays of emotions on students' outcomes in small-group interaction activities, especially in the online environment, has received little attention in prior research. The aim of the present study was to explore the relationship between teacher's different emotional displays and students' perceptions of the teacher's competence, as well as students' collaborative feelings and productivity in online small-group discussions. Using a three-level between-subjects design, 74 participants were randomly divided into four-member groups comprising a teacher and three other participants. All the groups were asked to discuss an open-ended realistic problem using online software, during which the teacher's display of emotions varied (positive vs. negative vs. neutral). The participants' self-reported questionnaire data (perception of the teacher's competence, students' feeling of pleasure, collaborative satisfaction, and willingness to continue collaborating) and productivity (number of effective ideas expressed within a given time) were measured to compare the participants who were exposed to different emotional displays. As expected, the results showed that the participants who received the teacher's positive emotional display reported that they experienced higher levels of pleasure during the task. However, in contrast to our expectations, those under the negative emotional display condition showed a significantly higher level of productivity in the group task. In addition, compared to emotional display, the participants' perceptions of the teacher's competence were rated significantly higher under the neutral condition, and they reported higher levels of collaborative satisfaction and greater willingness to continue collaborating with their group. The findings have the potential benefit of informing educational practice on whether teachers should display their emotions in a small-group discussion or how they should display emotions following adjustment for the relative aim of the teaching activities.

Evaluation of interprofessional teamwork modules implementation in an emergency department \u2013 A mixed-methods case study of implementation fidelity

BackgroundThe need for interprofessional collaboration has been emphasized by health organizations. This study was part of a mixed-methods evaluation of interprofessional teamwork modules implementation in an emergency department (ED), where a major intervention was didactic training of team roles and behaviours in combination with practice scenarios. The aim of the study was to evaluate the implementation of interprofessional teamwork modules from a staff perspective and focus on how implementation fidelity may be sustained.MethodsIn this mixed-methods case study we triangulated staff data from structured observations, semi-structured interviews, and a questionnaire repeated at intervals over 5 years. A protocol of key team behaviours was used for the observations conducted in June 2016 and June 2018, 1½ and 3½ years after the initial implementation. A purposeful sample of central informants, including nursing and medical professionals and section managers, was interviewed from May to June 2018. The interview guide consisted of open-ended questions about the experiences of interprofessional teamwork modules and the implementation process. The questionnaire consisted of five statements about the perceived workload, interprofessional collaboration and patient satisfaction, where each was rated on a Likert scale.ResultsGood fidelity to four out of five key team behaviours was observed during the first year. However, fidelity was sustained only for one key team behaviour after 3 years. We conducted a qualitative content analysis of 18 individual interviews. The theme Enjoying working together, but feeling less efficient emerged of the interprofessional teamwork modules, despite shorter ED stays for the patients. Negative experiences of the staff included passive team leaders and slow care teams. The theme Stimulating to create, but challenging to sustain emerged of the implementation process, where barriers were not adressed and implementation fidelity not sustained. The staff questionnaire showed that the perceived work conditions was improved in periods of high fidelity, but deteriorated to pre-implementation levels as fidelity to the key team behaviours decayed in 2018.ConclusionsExtensive planning and successful initial implementation were not enough to sustain the key behaviour changes in the study. The use of implementation frameworks can be helpful in future projects.

The relationship between teacher collaboration, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction in Korea

The relationship between teacher collaboration, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction in Korea

The Mediated Effect of Social Support in the Relationship between Collaborative Learning and Learning Satisfaction of nursing students

The Mediated Effect of Social Support in the Relationship between Collaborative Learning and Learning Satisfaction of nursing students

An Academic Model for Building Effective Faculty Teams to Promote Excellence in Nursing Education

As a result of the national movement to advance nurses at the doctoral level, and the concurrent shortage of nursing faculty, the role of the DNP prepared nurse in the academic setting continues to evolve. At our School of Nursing, the need to define, understand and utilize the various faculty roles led to the development and implementation of an Academic Model for Nursing Education. This mixed-method research study was conducted to identify the factors that contribute to an effective culture in academia. The findings from the survey and focus groups indicated our model had a positive association on instructional design, teaching, administrative processes, adjustments of college tenure and promotion, clinical partnerships, shared faculty teaching loads, and succession planning. Focus group findings included the unanticipated benefits of improved faculty engagement, empowerment, collaboration, and faculty mentoring. Our academic practice model is reflective of the changes already occurring in collaborative clinical pathways in healthcare systems. The expected benefits of our academic practice model and those occurring in healthcare share comparable outcomes. These may include improving nursing scholarship, patient and student outcomes, strengthening the position of nursing in organizations and the broader community through enhanced leadership, providing parity with other healthcare disciplines, and improving the overall image of nursing [1]. Our Academic Model for Nursing Education is reflective of current healthcare practices, addresses the nurse faculty shortage while promoting faculty collaboration and job satisfaction.

Canonical correlations between individual self-efficacy/organizational bottom-up approach and perceived barriers to reporting medication errors: a multicenter study

BackgroundIndividual and organizational factors correlate with perceived barriers to error reporting. Understanding medication administration errors (MAEs) reduces confusion about error definitions, raises perceptions of MAEs, and allows healthcare providers to report perceived and identified errors more frequently. Therefore, an emphasis must be placed on medication competence, including medication administration knowledge and decision-making. It can be helpful to utilize an organizational approach, such as collaboration between nurses and physicians, but this type of approach is difficult to establish and maintain because patient-safety culture starts at the highest levels of the healthcare organization. This study aimed to examine the canonical correlations of an individual self-efficacy/bottom-up organizational approach variable set with perceived barriers to reporting MAEs among nurses.MethodsWe surveyed 218 staff nurses in Korea. The measurement tools included a questionnaire on knowledge of high-alert medication, nursing decision-making, nurse-physician collaboration satisfaction, and barriers to reporting MAEs. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Pearson’s correlation coefficient, and canonical correlations were used to analyze results.ResultsTwo canonical variables were significant. The first variate indicated that less knowledge about medication administration (− 0.83) and a higher perception of nurse-physician collaboration (0.42) were related to higher disagreement over medication error (0.64). The second variate showed that intuitive clinical decision-making (− 0.57) and a higher perception of nurse-physician collaboration (0.84) were related to lower perceived barriers to reporting MAEs.ConclusionsEnhancing positive collaboration among healthcare professionals and promoting analytic decision-making supported by sufficient knowledge could facilitate MAE reporting by nurses. In the clinical phase, providing medication administration education and improving collaboration may reduce disagreement about the occurrence of errors and facilitate MAE reporting. In the policy phase, developing an evidence-based reporting system that informs analytic decision-making may reduce the perceived barriers to MAE reporting.

Organizing Matters: The Case of Medical Rehabilitation

Students frequently struggle to understand the differences among various types of organizational structures and how these differences affect organizational processes and outcomes. In the exercise described in this article, students are given a list of jobs from a medical rehabilitation center and asked to create an organizational chart. Students are thereby encouraged to consider how various jobs relate to each other and to customers (in this case, the patients). Students evaluate the charts that they and their peers have created to determine how well each structure supports coordination, collaboration, customer responsiveness and job satisfaction. The exercise is appropriate for undergraduate, graduate, and professional learners.

Does Collaboration in Teaching Situations Help in Enhancing Teacher's Job Satisfaction?

Collaboration dismantles the compartmentalized structure of educational organizations and creates a safe and supportive environment for its teachers. This helps them to share valuable knowledge related to content or pedagogy, with the common interest of creating a better learning environment for the students. Collaboration supports teachers in instructional practices as well as contributes to their job satisfaction. The structure of this paper is guided by theoretical frameworks by DuFour, Eaker, and DuFour's (2005) on collaboration, Bandura's (1977, 1982) social cognitive theory, and Herzberg's (1987) theory of motivation and hygiene. The data from United States teachers' from The Teaching and Learning International Survey (2013) was used to explore the relationship between collaboration, instructional practices, and job satisfaction using structural equation modeling. The results showed that collaboration among teachers cannot directly predict the level of job satisfaction, but significantly predicts job satisfaction when mediated through the use of instructional practices.

Antecedents and Consequences of Presenteeism in the Lebanese SMEs

Purpose Based on review of literature it is found that presenteeism is one of the biggest management tests a business can face and the question that arises is to what extent does the perception of leadership style affects perceived intention to quit as mediated by perceived presenteeism, perceived work life balance and perceived job satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach Based on review of literature, the researcher developed an instrument that was concise and easy to understand. This instrument was undergone a robust process of development and testing. The content of the questionnaire was based on review of literature and after piloting, the construct validity of the Likert 5- points scale items was established using factor analysis. Most of the items were drawn from previously tested questionnaires in the literature but were modified to suit the Arabic culture. The psychometric properties of reliability were determined using Cronbach’s Alpha. The instrument was distributed to a large sample of employees working for different SMEs in Lebanon. Furthermore, the researcher depended on highly trained girls to conduct structured face-to-face interviews by visiting respondents at their homes and/or work. The sample size was determined using the statistical confidence formula. Findings Almost half of the respondents reported that they don’t perceive their leaders as role models that listen to employees or create a sense of community among them. Almost two thirds believe that employees in our country are trained to work under stress, demonstrate lack of loyalty and like to quit their job. Most employees still force themselves to go and be present at work even if they have health or non–health problems. Results show a weak negative correlation; perceived Intention to Quit decreases as level of perceived collaborative leadership, job satisfaction and presenteeism increase. Furthermore, it is highly recommended that decision makers at the surveyed Lebanese SMEs make presenteeism and job satisfaction a priority, because they are considered critical and highly important. What’s more, leadership is the first step in reducing employees’ turnover. Originality This article empirically tested structural equation model (path Analysis) within the context of leadership in a developing country.

The mediation role of leadership styles in integrated project collaboration: An emotional intelligence perspective

Research on integrated project delivery (IPD) has considered collaboration satisfaction as an important factor for improving project outcomes. Yet, the potential mechanism influencing it remains unexplored in construction project management, especially in the aspects of human skills. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether leadership styles mediate the link between the emotional intelligence (EI) of authorized leader and four collaboration satisfaction outcomes perceived by other participants in an integrated team: performance contribution satisfaction (PCS), efficiency satisfaction (ES), relationship satisfaction (RS), and interests satisfaction (IS). Data was collected from 365 samples including project leaders and scholars who possess experience of IPD in China. The results show that transformational and active-transactional leadership fully mediate the relationships of EI with PCS, ES, and IS, and were partial mediators between EI and RS. In addition, the partial mediation role of passive-transactional leadership in the relationships of EI with RS and IS were identified, but its mediating effects between PCS and ES were not found. Similarly, owing to the non-significant effects of laissez-faire leadership on dimensions of collaboration satisfaction, this leadership style does not play mediating role in the relationships of EI with four dimensions of collaboration satisfaction. This paper makes contribution to the mediating mechanism research of revised full range leadership model by proposing collaboration satisfaction criteria and EI model in IPD project.

The Effects of Process Orientations on Collaboration Technology Use and Outcomes in Product Development

Notwithstanding interest in implementing information technologies (ITs) that facilitate collaboration among employees, there has been limited research that examines how such technologies influence collaboration in strategic business processes, such as new product development (NPD), and how this influence is contingent on the nature of the process. We develop and test a model that posits that employees’ collaboration technology use in NPD will influence collaboration outcomes, such as IT-enabled collaboration capability and collaboration satisfaction. The model postulates that NPD involves multiple process orientations—exploration, exploitation, and ambidexterity—and that these orientations have a moderating effect on the relationship between collaboration technology use and outcomes. We conducted two studies in a major pharmaceutical company (N = 1,749 and 1,454, respectively) and found support for our model. We found that the effects of collaboration technology use on outcomes were stronger for employees involved in the NPD process phase that had an ambidexterity orientation. Our findings contribute to theory and practice related to the use of collaboration technology in the NPD process by offering insights on how process orientations influence the dynamics of the relationship between employees’ use of collaboration technologies and associated outcomes.

On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfaction

AbstractThe Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represent an unprecedented change in American education. As an increasingly integral part of the school accountability movement under No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, responsibility for implementing CCSS rests largely with school leadership. One important factor in the success or failure of these efforts is the perceptions and experiences of the teachers who will ultimately employ CCSS in the classroom. This survey study examined teachers’ views of CCSS implementation, teaching conditions, collaboration, and job satisfaction. Factor analysis revealed that the openness and activeness of school leadership had a significant effect on teachers’ perceptions of implementation, suggesting that attention to these aspects of leadership is an important consideration during transition to CCSS.

The effectiveness of relational and contractual governance in new product development collaborations: Evidence from Korea

This study provides deeper insights into the management of new product development (NPD) collaborations and a better understanding of the ways that companies in East Asia govern these relationships to acquire external knowledge while achieving collaboration satisfaction. Looking through the lens of the relational view, we disentangle the effects of relational and contractual governance on collaborations outcomes. An analysis of survey data from 119 NPD collaborations in South Korea reveals that the strength of prior business ties between partners enhances relational governance and indirectly contributes to knowledge acquisition and collaboration satisfaction. Contractual governance does affect collaboration outcomes, but the impact is weaker than relational governance. The positive returns on collaboration satisfaction are diminishing when both governance mechanisms are applied simultaneously. The findings further suggest that managers engaged in NPD collaborations in East Asia should invest more in relational governance while maintaining a moderate level of contractual safeguards to enhance collaboration outcomes.

Does Robotic Telerounding Enhance Nurse-Physician Collaboration Satisfaction About Care Decisions?

Delivering healthcare using remote robotic telepresence is an evolving practice in medical and surgical intensive critical care units and will likely have varied implications for work practices and working relationships in intensive care units. Our study assessed the nurse-physician collaboration satisfaction about care decisions from surgical intensive critical care nurses during remote robotic telepresence night rounds in comparison with conventional telephone night rounds. This study used a randomized trial to test whether robotic telerounding enhances the nurse-physician collaboration satisfaction about care decisions. A physician randomly used either the conventional telephone or the RP-7 robot (InTouch(®) Health, Santa Barbara, CA) to perform nighttime rounding in a surgical intensive care unit. The Collaboration and Satisfaction About Care Decisions (CSACD) survey instrument was used to measure the nurse-physician collaboration. The CSACD scores were compared using the signed-rank test with a significant p value of ≤0.05. From December 1, 2011 to December 13, 2012, 20 off-shift nurses submitted 106 surveys during telephone rounds and 108 surveys during robot rounds. The median score of surveys during robot rounds was slightly but not significantly higher than telephone rounds (51.3 versus 50.5; p=0.3). However, the CSACD score was significantly increased from baseline with robot rounds (51.3 versus 43.0; p=0.01), in comparison with telephone rounds (50.5 versus 43.0; p=0.09). The mediators, including age, working experience, and robot acceptance, were not significantly (p>0.1) correlated with the CSACD score difference (robot versus telephone). Robot rounding in the intensive care unit was comparable but not superior to the telephone in regard to the nurse-physician collaboration and satisfaction about care decision. The working experience and technology acceptance of intensive care nurses did not contribute to the preference of night shift rounding method from the aspect of collaboration with the physician about care decision-making.