Healthcare workers' autonomy

Autor: Pauline van Dorssen-Boog, Tinka van Vuuren, Jeroen de Jong, Monique Veld
Přispěvatelé: RS-Research Program Learning and Innovation in Resilient systems (LIRS), Department of Organisation
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Health, Organization and Management, 36, 9, pp. 212-231
Journal of Health, Organization and Management, 36, 212-231
Journal of Health, Organisation and Management, 36(9), 212-231. Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
van Dorssen-Boog, P, van Vuuren, T, de Jong, J & Veld, M 2022, ' Healthcare workers' autonomy : testing the reciprocal relationship between job autonomy and self-leadership and moderating role of need for job autonomy ', Journal of Health, Organisation and Management, vol. 36, no. 9, pp. 212-231 . https://doi.org/10.1108/jhom-04-2022-0106
ISSN: 1477-7266
DOI: 10.1108/jhom-04-2022-0106
Popis: PurposeWhile both perceived job autonomy and self-leadership are assumed to be important for optimal functioning of healthcare workers, their mutual relationship remains unclear. This cross-lagged study aims to theorize and test that perceived job autonomy and self-leadership have a reciprocal relationship, which is moderated by need for job autonomy.Design/methodology/approachTwo-wave panel data were used to measure cross-lagged relationships over a time period of three months. Self-leadership is indicated by both self-leadership strategies and self-leadership behavior. The data were analyzed using hierarchical multiple regression (HMR).FindingsJob autonomy was not causally nor reverse related to self-leadership strategies, but did relate to self-leadership behavior in both directions. Need for job autonomy did not influence the causal and reverse relationships between job autonomy and self-leadership (strategies and behavior). Instead, need for job autonomy discarded the influence of job autonomy on self-leadership behavior, and predicted self-leadership behavior over time.Practical implicationsFor optimizing healthcare jobs, human resource management (HRM) policy makers need to consider other interventions such as training self-leadership, or developing an autonomy supportive work environment, since job autonomy does not lead to more use of self-leadership strategies.Originality/valueThis study used a cross-lagged study design which gives the opportunity to investigate causal relationships between job autonomy and self-leadership. Both self-leadership strategies and self-leadership behavior are included.
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