title: Management Commitment to Safety, Teamwork, and Hospital Worker Injuries.
abstract: Although many studies link teamwork in health care settings topatientsafety, evidence linking teamwork to hospitalworkersafety is lacking. This study addresses this gap by providing evidence linking teamwork perceptions in hospital workers to worker injuries, and further, finds a linkage between manager commitment to safety and teamwork. Organizational records of worker injuries and survey responses regarding management commitment to safety and teamwork from 446 hospital workers within 42 work units in a multi-site hospital system were examined. Results underscored the particular importance of teamwork on worker injuries as well as the importance of management commitment to safety as relating to teamwork. To improve worker safety, organizational leaders and unit managers should work to maintain environments wherein teamwork can thrive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina Charlotte.
authors.forename: Alyssa K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: McGonagle
authors.affiliation: Occupational Health Services, Detroit Medical Center.
authors.forename: Lynnette
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Essenmacher
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Wayne State University.
authors.forename: Lydia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hamblin
authors.affiliation: Institute of Gerontology, Wayne State University; Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences, and Society, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luborsky
authors.affiliation: Occupational Health Services, Detroit Medical Center.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Upfal
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University; Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arnetz
keywords: hospital workers; injuries; management commitment to safety; teamwork