title: The role of professional and team commitment in nurse-physician collaboration: A dual identity model perspective.
abstract: Nurse-physician collaboration involves healthcare operators from different professions working together. The dual identity model predicts that nurse-physician interprofessional collaboration could improve if these operators feel they belong to both their professional category and care unit. This study tested this prediction by analyzing the effect of professional and team commitments on interprofessional collaboration between nurses and physicians in a hospital based in Northern Italy. A cross-section questionnaire survey was administered to 270 nurses and 95 physicians. Results indicate that interprofessional collaboration is positively affected by team commitment, while professional commitment had no effect. In accordance with the dual identity model, results indicate that interprofessional collaboration is higher when: (i) both professional and team commitment is high, and (ii) when team commitment is high and professional commitment is low. These results support dual identity model predictions and suggest that interprofessional collaboration can be increased by bolstering both team and professional commitment of nurses and physicians.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Economics , University of Parma , Parma , Italy and.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caricati
authors.affiliation: b IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova , Reggio Emilia , Italy.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guberti
authors.affiliation: b IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova , Reggio Emilia , Italy.
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borgognoni
authors.affiliation: b IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova , Reggio Emilia , Italy.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Prandi
authors.affiliation: b IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova , Reggio Emilia , Italy.
authors.forename: Ivana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spaggiari
authors.affiliation: b IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova , Reggio Emilia , Italy.
authors.forename: Emanuela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vezzani
authors.affiliation: b IRCCS Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova , Reggio Emilia , Italy.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iemmi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D010820:Physicians; D011364:Professional Practice; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Dual identity model; interprofessional collaboration; professional commitment; team commitment