Understanding self-managing teams in Dutch healthcare: empirical evidence to non-sequential team development processes

Purpose -This two-part study aims to contribute to the body of knowledge on team development by examining the development of self-managing teams (SMTs) in healthcare. Based on an exploration of the team development literature, a perspective on SMT development was created, which suggested that SMTs develop along a non-sequential pattern of three processes-team management, task management and boundary management and improvement-that is largely the result of individual, team, organizational and environmental-level factors. Design/methodology/approach -The perspective on SMT development was assess... Mehr ...