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Table 7 Significant Explanatory Variables on each ACT Concept

From: Assessment of variation in the alberta context tool: the contribution of unit level contextual factors and specialty in Canadian pediatric acute care settings

Dependent Variable

Level

Model 3 (individual, specialty and unit variables)

Coefficients

SE

P-value

Leadership

Individual Unit

Exhaustion

-0.6610

0.0217

0.0024

  

Job satisfaction

0.1925

0.0362

< 0.0001

  

Support for innovative ideas

0.6610

0.2394

0.0114

Culture

Individual Unit

Education (Diploma)1

0.3123

0.1313

0.0224

  

Education (Bachelor)

0.2797

0.1288

0.0360

  

Age

-0.0337

0.0092

0.0003

  

Exhaustion

-0.0432

0.0144

0.0028

  

Adequate orientation

0.0639

0.0222

0.0042

  

Job satisfaction

0.2169

0.0236

< 0.0001

  

Cynicism

0.1794

0.0681

0.0151

  

Years on unit

0.0196

0.0089

0.0392

  

Support for innovative ideas

0.4343

0.0675

< 0.0001

Evaluation

Individual Unit

Employment status (part time)2

-0.2879

0.1404

0.0458

  

Specialty (surgical)3

-0.6672

0.1181

< 0.0001

  

Specialty (medical)

-0.4444

0.1223

0.0015

  

Unit size (no. beds)

0.0128

0.0035

0.0014

  

Support for innovative ideas

0.9394

0.1644

< 0.0001

  

Proportion of baccalaureate or higher

-0.0095

0.0043

0.0393

Social capital

Individual Unit

Adequate orientation

0.0708

0.0214

0.0010

  

Job satisfaction

0.1029

0.0229

< 0.0001

  

Unit size (no. of beds)

-0.0044

0.0015

0.0102

  

Support for innovative ideas

0.3763

0.0719

< 0.0001

OS - Staffing

Individual Unit

ExhaustionJob satisfactionN/A

-0.15170.2027N/A

0.02730.0454N/A

< 0.0001 < 0.0001N/A

OS - Space

Individual Unit

Exhaustion

-0.0819

0.0240

0.0007

  

Job satisfaction

0.1126

0.0400

0.0050

  

Years on unit

0.0737

0.0343

0.0436

  

Support for innovative ideas

0.7787

0.2788

0.0106

OS - Time

Individual Unit

Exhaustion

-0.0809

0.0162

< 0.0001

  

Job satisfaction

0.1241

0.0269

< 0.0001

  

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Formal interactions

Individual Unit

Exhaustion

-0.1074

0.0297

0.0003

  

Specialty (surgical)

-0.5417

0.1975

0.0119

  

Support for innovative ideas

-0.3962

0.2759

0.0226

Informal interactions

Individual Unit

Exhaustion

-0.1290

0.0464

0.0056

  

Support for innovative ideas

0.8710

0.2970

0.0077

Structural and electronic resources

Individual Unit

Exhaustion

-0.1500

0.0568

0.0084

  

Support for innovative ideas

0.9376

0.4087

0.0317

  1. 1 Reference group for Education: Master or higher
  2. 2 Reference group for Employment status: Casual
  3. 3 Reference group for Specialty: Critical Care
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