Hierarchical distance and employees' commitment as conditioning of team-based work in the Spanish public sector

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorTriguero-Sánchez, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorPeña-Vinces, Jesús
dc.contributor.authorGuillén, Jorge
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-30T16:58:03Z
dc.date.available2021-09-30T16:58:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-28
dc.description.abstractTeam-based work (TBW) plays a crucial role in the success and quality of public services. In the context of the Spanish public sector, our study evaluates if a low level of hierarchical distance (HD) in public organizations condition the public employees’ commitment (EC) as well as TBW, assessed in terms of participation and consensus among team members. Simultaneously, we evaluated to what extent EC help to enhance TBW. Employing a sample of 213 government organizations from the south of Spain through a model of structural equations, we were able to answer the above questions. Our results revealed that team-based work functions more successfully within public organizations where there exists little verticality in their structures, norms, values and rules – in simplest terms, where there is minimal organizational HD. Such results also suggest that although regulations exist in the Spanish public sector, should public organizations attempt to be less vertical and more horizontal, they would perhaps have public servants that were more committed to their organizations. As a result, servants view the organization as their own and remain loyal. Finally, from an academic perspective, this study could be one of few to research and evaluate the hierarchical role and employees’ commitment to the functioning of public employees based on participation and consensus in their work teams.en_EN
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.citationTriguero-Sánchez, R., Peña-Vinces, J. & Guillen, J. (2021). Hierarchical distance and employees’ commitment as conditioning of team-based work in the Spanish public sector. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 62, 537–551. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12737
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.12737
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12640/2468
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.countryUS
dc.relation.ispartofurn:issn:1467-9450
dc.relation.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/sjop.12737
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International*
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectEmployee commitmenten_EN
dc.subjectHierarchical distanceen_EN
dc.subjectOrganizational behavioren_EN
dc.subjectCompromiso de los empleadoses_ES
dc.subjectDistancia jerárquicaes_ES
dc.subjectPublic organizationsen_EN
dc.subjectComportamiento organizacionales_ES
dc.subjectSpainen_EN
dc.subjectOrganizaciones públicases_ES
dc.subjectEspañaes_ES
dc.subjectTeam-based worken_EN
dc.subjectTrabajo en equipoes_ES
dc.subject.ocdehttps://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.02.04
dc.subject.ocdehttps://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.01.01
dc.titleHierarchical distance and employees' commitment as conditioning of team-based work in the Spanish public sectoren_EN
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.otherArtículo
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
local.author.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4511-2108
oaire.citation.endPage551
oaire.citation.issue62
oaire.citation.startPage537
oaire.citation.titleScandinavian Journal of Psychology
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
guillen_2021.pdf
Size:
573.51 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Texto completo
Download
Collections
Artículos de revistas