A Study of Adoption and Implementation of Team Effectiveness Programs at the Work Unit Level
Funder: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Ways of coordinating work can be viewed as forms of organizational technology, and innovations in the organization of work are being used to improve the delivery of health care. Three interrelated explanations of the successful adoption and implementation of quality programs will be tested. Dependent variables will be decision to adopt, degree of implementation of quality program, and degree of effectiveness of quality program. Independent variables include 1) structural features such as complexity of task, level of resources, and degree of uncertainty; 2) process variables such as participation in decision making and levels of vigilance; and 3) institutional variables such as the symbolic and normative environment of the organization.
Research team members include Drs. M. Scott Poole (speech communication), Arnold Vedlitz (ISTPP/political science), Letitia T. Alston (ISTPP/sociologist), Tina Dacin (management), J. Pignatiello (industrial engineering), and Dr. Frank Villa Maria (Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic, Temple, Texas).
