Hasson, H., von Thiele Schwarz, U., Nielsen, K. et al. (1 more author) (2016) Are We All in the Same Boat? The Role of Perceptual Distance in Organizational Health Interventions. Stress and Health, 32 (4). pp. 294-303. ISSN 1532-3005
Abstract
The study investigates how agreement between leaders' and their team's perceptions influence intervention outcomes in a leadership-training intervention aimed at improving organizational learning. Agreement, i.e. perceptual distance was calculated for the organizational learning dimensions at baseline. Changes in the dimensions from pre-intervention to post-intervention were evaluated using polynomial regression analysis with response surface analysis. The general pattern of the results indicated that the organizational learning improved when leaders and their teams agreed on the level of organizational learning prior to the intervention. The improvement was greatest when the leader's and the team's perceptions at baseline were aligned and high rather than aligned and low. The least beneficial scenario was when the leader's perceptions were higher than the team's perceptions. These results give insights into the importance of comparing leaders' and their team's perceptions in intervention research. Polynomial regression analyses with response surface methodology allow three-dimensional examination of relationship between two predictor variables and an outcome. This contributes with knowledge on how combination of predictor variables may affect outcome and allows studies of potential non-linearity relating to the outcome. Future studies could use these methods in process evaluation of interventions.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Stress and Health. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | shared perceptions; leader–team agreement; organizational learning; leadership training |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 02 Nov 2016 15:19 |
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2017 09:31 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/smi.2703 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/smi.2703 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:106854 |