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Informal roles and the stages of interdisciplinary team development.

M P Farrell1, M H Schmitt, G D Heinemann

  • 1Department of Sociology, 430 Park Hall, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA. ofarrell@acsu.buffalo.edu

Journal of Interprofessional Care
|November 14, 2001
PubMed
Summary

Team development reduces member behavior differentiation and clarifies roles. Higher education correlates with greater prominence and task focus in healthcare teams.

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Area of Science:

  • Healthcare Management
  • Organizational Psychology
  • Team Dynamics

Background:

  • Understanding team development is crucial for optimizing interdisciplinary healthcare.
  • Informal role structures influence team cohesion and effectiveness.
  • Anomie within a team culture can impact its operational dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a theory linking team culture anomie to informal role structure.
  • To introduce validated measures for assessing anomie and informal roles in field settings.
  • To investigate how team development stages affect interpersonal behavior differentiation.

Main Methods:

  • A national sample of 111 interdisciplinary healthcare teams in geriatrics was surveyed.
  • Measures of team anomie and informal role perceptions were administered.

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  • Hypotheses were tested using statistical analysis on collected team data.

    • Main Results:

    • Team development stages correlate with decreased differentiation in member prominence, sociability, and task-orientation.
    • As teams mature, individual member perceptions become more consistent.
    • Higher team member education is associated with increased prominence and task-orientation, irrespective of team stage.

    Conclusions:

    • Team development leads to more defined and less varied interpersonal behaviors.
    • Anomie and education levels are significant factors influencing team roles and dynamics.
    • Physicians exhibit high prominence and task-orientation, with lower sociability within these teams.