The determinants of successful collaboration: A review of theoretical and empirical studies
Abstract
Successful collaboration in health care teams can be attributed to numerous elements, including processes at work in interpersonal relationships within the team (the interactional determinants), conditions within the organization (the organizational determinants), and the organization's environment (the systemic determinants). Through a review of the literature, this article presents a tabulated compilation of each of these determinant types as identified by empirical research and identifies the main characteristics of these determinants according to the conceptual work. We then present a "showcase" of recent Canadian policy initiatives--The Canadian Health Transition Fund (HTF)--to illustrate how the various categories of determinants can be mobilized. The literature review reveals that very little of the empirical work has dealt with determinants of interprofessional collaboration in health, particularly its organizational and systemic determinants. Furthermore, our overview of experience at the Canadian HTF suggests that a systemic approach should be adopted in evaluative research on the determinants of effective collaborative practice.
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Empirical support is found for some factors within each of the macro, meso, micro and individual gears.
“When the findings are viewed within the proposed ‘gears’ conceptual model, empirical support is found for some factors within each of the macro, meso, micro and individual gears [25, 26, 38].”
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Elements of a successful collaboration include a willingness to collaborate, trust in each other, mutual respect and communication.
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- Authors
- San Martín-Rodríguez, L., Beaulieu, M.-D., D'Amour, D., & Ferrada-Videla, M.
- Affiliations
- Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CA)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- Venue
- Journal of Interprofessional Care
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2005-05
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- sup1
- Pages
- 132-147
- ISSN
- 1356-1820 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-9567
- OpenAlex
- W2120183374
- Cited by
- 815
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 20.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Interprofessional Care (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Team Dynamics and Performance
- Keywords
- interprofessional collaboration, healthcare teams, determinants of cooperation, organizational factors, interpersonal relationships, health policy
- MeSH terms
- Cooperative Behavior, Models, Theoretical, Patient Care Team, Quebec, Empirical Research
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