New Publication: How are nurses’ individual and their colleagues’ diversity factors associated with their cooperation behaviors in teams? - Results of an online factorial survey
A new study published in BMC Nursing finds that nurses’ perceptions of their colleagues’ competence are shaped more by their own background than by actual skills. Using a survey experiment with 684 nurses in Germany, Drewniak, Daniel and colleagues (Schneider, Anna first author) show that factors such as migration background, country of origin, and vocational training influence how nurses evaluate perceived comtetencies and their willingness to cooperate. Findings highlight that bias linked to social and professional identity affect teamwork in increasingly diverse nursing environments, with implications for staffs’ teamwork and patient care.
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