Building Perspective-Taking as an Organizational Capability: A Change Intervention in a Health Care Setting

被引:7
作者
Calvard, Thomas [1 ]
Cherlin, Emily [2 ]
Brewster, Amanda [3 ]
Curry, Leslie [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Business Sch, 29 Buccleuch Pl, Edinburgh EH8 9JS, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Yale Sch Med, New Haven, CT USA
[3] Berkeley Sch Publ Hlth, Berkeley, CA USA
关键词
Cooperation; empathy; health care; organizational change; perspective-taking; problem-solving; GROUNDED THEORY; EMPATHY; CULTURE; POWER; WORK; BACK; SELF;
D O I
10.1177/10564926211039014
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Perspective-taking, or engaging with the viewpoints of others, has been linked to a range of positive and negative interpersonal outcomes. However, it has only been researched infrequently in organizations, and questions remain about how it might be developed as a multidimensional cooperative process and problem-solving capability more widely. To better understand this, this article presents findings from a 2-year change intervention with 10 US hospitals. Interview data from three time points (393 interviews, 197 staff members) reveal dimensions and levels of understanding underpinning the development of organizational perspective-taking. Actors' accounts suggested several major interrelated dimensions of perspective-taking operating at local and system levels, through affective concern, cognitive understanding, and motivational efforts to improve the sharing and interpretation of diverse perspectives. The study has implications for how organizations can better foster perspective-taking by building ecological structures and processes that assemble perspectives supportively, holistically, and frequently.
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页码:35 / 49
页数:15
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