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[Sex role orientation and interdisciplinary co-operation]
Olivia Kada1, Eva Brunner, Marco Maier
1Arbeitspsychologin, Fachhochschule Kärnten, Studienbereich Gesundheit und Pflege. o.kada@fh-kaernten.at
Summary
Healthcare managers
Area of Science:
- Nursing and Healthcare Management
- Psychology
- Sociology
Context:
- Interdisciplinary collaboration between nurses and physicians is vital for patient outcomes.
- Barriers include role ambiguity and physician power dynamics.
- Healthcare managers are key to fostering collaboration.
Purpose:
- To investigate perceptions of masculine and feminine traits among healthcare management students, nurses, and physicians.
- To assess the relationship between self-concept and the ability to promote interprofessional cooperation.
Summary:
- Austrian healthcare management students (n=141) used the Bem Sex-Role Inventory to rate themselves, typical nurses, and physicians.
- Students perceived themselves as androgynous, nurses as masculine, and physicians as masculine sex-typed.
- Androgyny in healthcare managers may facilitate interprofessional collaboration.
Impact:
- Findings suggest healthcare managers benefit from an androgynous self-concept to effectively promote nurse-physician collaboration.
- Encourages self-reflection on gender role perceptions in healthcare leadership.
- Highlights the importance of understanding and addressing gender stereotypes in interprofessional dynamics.
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