Managing by values in healthcare: Development and validation of the health care values inventory measurement scale.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study is to conceptualise and develop the Health Care Values Inventory (HEVAIN). For this purpose, we first explore key organizational values at different levels of the organisation. Then, we propose and validate a measurement scale based on the Triaxial system of values, which is represented by three axes, including ethical-social values, practical values (economic-pragmatic) and poietic (emotional).

Methods

Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were performed to check the validity of the proposed measurement scale.

Results

Using a sample of 535 employees from a semipublic healthcare organisation, the results showed that the HEVAIN measurement scale loaded satisfactorily onto three factors, and overcame the psychometric properties of

SUBMITTER: Salas-Vallina A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087709 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature