The team survey: a tool for health care team development

The team survey: a tool for health care team development Aims. The aim of this study was to validate a psychometric tool, the team survey, in a health care setting with a range of teams from a Large National Health Service (NHS) Trust. Background. The team survey was developed by Millward and Ramsay...

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Published in:Journal of advanced nursing 2001-07, Vol.35 (2), p.276-287
Main Authors: Millward, Lynne J., Jeffries, Naomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognition
Cognitive motivation
cognitive-motivational model
Data Collection - methods
Effectiveness
Efficiency, Organizational
England
Group Processes
Health care
health care evaluation
Humans
instrument development
Interprofessional Relations
Models, Psychological
Motivation
Nursing
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Psychometrics
Psychometrics - methods
Regression Analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Social Identification
Surveys
team effectiveness
Team work
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Summary:The team survey: a tool for health care team development Aims. The aim of this study was to validate a psychometric tool, the team survey, in a health care setting with a range of teams from a Large National Health Service (NHS) Trust. Background. The team survey was developed by Millward and Ramsay (1998) to measure the team dimensions identified in the cognitive‐motivational model of team effectiveness (Millward & Purvis 1998). The team dimensions are team potency, team identification, Shared Mental Models and team meta‐cognitions. Design and methods. The psychometric properties of the tool as a reliable and valid predictor of team effectiveness was assessed by way of a survey of 10 teams (comprising 124 members in all) located on different premises, within a large NHS Trust. Team size ranged between 5 and 19 members, with average team size being 10 members. Two independent ratings of ‘effectiveness’ were made for each team. Factor and multiple regression analyses were employed to identify the most powerful predictors of health care team effectiveness from a cognitive and motivational perspective. Results. The results suggest that the team survey is psychometrically robust within a health care setting. Conclusions. It is concluded that the tool has a potentially key role in informing and evaluating team development initiatives in support of the work of practice development nurses and nursing team leaders.
ISSN:0309-2402
1365-2648
DOI:10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01844.x