The mediating effect of psychosocial factors in the relationship between self-organizing teams and employee wellbeing: A cross-sectional observational study.

Several benefits of working in a self-organizing team, such as higher job satisfaction and better engagement to work have been demonstrated in previous studies. To examine whether those employees working in a self-organizing team have higher job satisfaction and lower turnover intentions compared to...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Nursing Studies Vol. 138
Autores principales: Ruotsalainen, Salla, Elovainio, Marko, Jantunen, Sami, Sinervo, Timo
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. Feb2023
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          Ruotsalainen, Salla
          Elovainio, Marko
          Jantunen, Sami
          Sinervo, Timo
        affil: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Welfare State Research and Reform unit, Health and Social Service System Research team, Helsinki, Finland
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          Employees Psychosocial Factors
          Occupational Health Evaluation
          Psychological Well-Being Evaluation
          Teamwork Administration
          Job Satisfaction Evaluation
          Personnel Turnover
          Intention Evaluation
          Workload
          Stress, Occupational Prevention and Control
          Human
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Nonexperimental Studies
          Mediation Analysis
          Comparative Studies
          Assisted Living
          Home Health Care
          Residential Facilities
          Practical Nurses
          Registered Nurses
          Personnel, Health Facility
          Health Facility Administrators
          Gerontologic Care
          Linear Regression
          Descriptive Statistics
          Team Building
          Autonomy
          Job Characteristics
      ab: Several benefits of working in a self-organizing team, such as higher job satisfaction and better engagement to work have been demonstrated in previous studies. To examine whether those employees working in a self-organizing team have higher job satisfaction and lower turnover intentions compared to those in non-self-organized teams. Further, to test whether psychosocial factors defined by the Job Demand-Control model would function as mediators. A cross-sectional survey study. Home care and assisted living facilities (with 24-h assistance). Licensed practical nurses (N = 377), registered nurses, therapists and managers (N = 183), and other employees (N = 31) in services for older people. A survey for employees working in services for older people and who were either in the self-organized teams or in the non-self-organized teams. Data was analyzed using linear regression and mediation analyses. Those employees who worked in a self-organizing team were more satisfied with their job and had lower turnover intentions compared to those in a non-self-organizing team (mean [SD] 3.9 [1.0] vs. 3.7 [1.0], p = 0.006 and 2.2 [1.2] vs. 2.5 [1.3], p = 0.006, respectively). Moreover, job demands and job strain partially mediated the effect of self-organizing teamwork on job satisfaction (Average causal mediation effect [95%CI] 0.09 [0.02–0.15] and 0.10 [0.03–0.18], respectively), as well as on turnover intentions (Average causal mediation effect [95%CI] − 0.08 [− 0.15 to − 0.01] and − 0.20 [− 0.18 to − 0.03], respectively). In the context of older people care services, working in self-organizing teams may enhance employee wellbeing by lowering job demands and job strain, but not by improving job control. Based on the findings of this study, self-organization seems beneficial, however, it requires real autonomy for the teams and team building. Self-organizing teamwork increases job satisfaction and decreases turnover intentions via lower job demands and strain in older people care.
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