Project info
Work package
- Work
Sustainability threat
- External Shocks
Challenge
- Reshaping organizational forms
Study info
Description of Study
The covid-19 pandemic has strained organizational systems, with the health care field particularly affected given sudden surges of demand and changes of policy. The pandemic showcases the need to understand how social systems can be resilient to such external shocks. Drawing on ‘joint production motivation' theory, this article offers a theoretical framework linking a social system’s resilience with individual behavior. We examine a population strongly affected by the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic: nursing students participating in internship programs before and during the crisis. Of the 141 nursing students in our sample, 23% opted to continue their internship. Four characteristics of work teams (collaborative contact, shared understanding, task interdependence, and collaborative organizational cultures) are hypothesized to explain students’ continued occupational commitment during the crisis. Results from binomial logistic regression analyses show task interdependence and intrinsic motivation positively affect the decision for continued participation in internship programs during the pandemic.
Study research question
How do work team characteristics affect occupational commitment in health care interns during the covid-19 pandemic?
Collection provenance
- Collected during project
Collection methods
- Questionaire
Personal data
Yes
External Source
Source description
File formats
- .r
- .csv
Data types
- Structured
Languages
- Dutch
Coverage start
Coverage end
01/03/2020
01/05/2020
Spatial coverage
Netherlands
Groningen
Drenthe
Collection period start
02/03/2020
Collection period end
15/03/2020
Variables
Unit
Unit description
Sample size
Sampling method
Individuals
First-year Nursing students in vocational training internships in the North of the Netherlands
141
Participants in a particular internship program
Hypothesis
Theory
Four characteristics of work teams (collaborative contact, shared understanding, task interdependence, and collaborative organizational cultures) are hypothesized to explain students’ continued occupational commitment during the crisis.
Joint production motivation
Variable type
Variable name
Variable description
Dependent variable
Organizational commitment
Dichotomous variable: continuation of internship during the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic (specific for this research project)
Independent variable
Task interdependence
5-point Likert scale, averaged over network relations (specific for this research project)
Independent variable
Shared understanding
5-point Likert scale, averaged over network relations (specific for this research project)
Independent variable
Collaborative organizational culture
5-point Likert scale (specific for this research project)
Discipline-specific operationalizations
Conflict of interest
There are no conflicts of interest in the data collection, analysis, or description.
Data packages
Publications
Shaping resilience: how work team characteristics affect occupational commitment in health care interns during a pandemic
Teekens, T., Giardini, F., Zuidersma, J., & Wittek, R. (2021). Shaping resilience: how work team characteristics affect occupational commitment in health care interns during a pandemic. European Societies, 23, S513-S529.
Chapter 3 - Shaping resilience: how work team characteristics affect occupational commitment in health care interns during a pandemic
Documents
Filename
Description
Date
Ethics
Ethical assessment
Yes
Ethical committee
Ethics Committee Sociology at RUG