Framework construct Survey scale | Description | Cronbach's α for this paper |
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Philosophy | ||
Believes in benefits of interprofessional collaboration | Extent to which practitioners surveyed see strengths in multidisciplinary collaboration, both from a patient and practitioner' perspective (5 items) [19] | 0.882 |
Knowledge of each other's healing approach* | Respondent's openness and awareness to working with professionals of a different healthcare paradigm - combination of items from [20] and qualitative work of (Gaboury, 2009). (3 items) | 0.824 |
Structure | ||
Trust | Extent to which an individual is willing to trust and have confidence in the words and actions of his colleagues (5 items) [21] | 0.911 |
Process | ||
Knowledge exchange | Respondent's perception of the extent to which knowledge is shared between the individuals of a given environment using the Knowledge donating (KD) and Knowledge collecting (KC) sub-scales (8 items) [22]. | 0.815 (KD) 0.751 (KC) |
Physician centrality | Level of acceptance of sharing of authority and leadership among the members of the team (6 items) [23] | 0.682 |
Conflict associated with interprofessional collaboration | Extent to which issues related to interdisciplinary collaboration (such as competition and sharing of responsibilities) could lead to conflicts within a healthcare clinic (8 items) [19] | 0.886 |
Outputs | ||
Satisfaction | Overall satisfaction with work via a 3-item scale [24] | 0.713 |
Personal growth | Respondent's perception of the opportunities for achievement and challenge in their working milieu (4 items) [25] | 0.792 |
Intention to leave in the following year | 3-item scale created by Bishop and colleagues [26] | 0.787 |