Table 2 Constructs and items used in the study

Ambidextrous leadership (AL)

AL

AL1

Allows different ways of accomplishing tasks.

AL2

Encourages experimentation with different ideas.

AL3

Gives opportunities for independent thinking and acting.

AL4

Allows room for colleagues’ ideas.

AL5

Allows errors.

AL6

Encourages learning from errors.

AL7

Monitors and controls goal attainment.

AL8

Establishes routines.

AL9

Takes corrective action, if necessary.

AL10

Controls adherence to rules.

AL11

Sticks to plans.

Creative performance (CP)

CP

CP1

Creates new ideas to solve problems.

CP2

Searches out new working methods to improve own job performance.

CP3

Investigates and finds ways to implement own ideas.

CP4

Promotes own ideas so others might use them in their work.

CP5

Tries out new ideas in own work.

CP6

Comes up with creative solutions to problems.

CP7

Suggests new ways to increase quality.

Learning orientation (LO)

LO

LO1

Acquires new knowledge when necessary.

LO2

Feels it is worth spending a great deal of time learning new ways to accomplish own work.

LO3

Feels it is important to continually improve own professional skills.

Relationship learning (RL)

RL

RL1

Team colleagues exchange information about successful and unsuccessful experiences with their own services.

RL2

Colleagues in own team exchange information related to changes in end-users’/patients’ needs.

RL3

Colleagues in own team exchange information as soon as possible if any unexpected problems occur.

RL4

Colleagues in own team stimulate discussion, encompassing a variety of opinions and thoughts.

RL5

Colleagues in own team frequently evaluate and update information stored in different databases.