Human-related services require „co-production“, which means that the work is done in close cooperation between the service provider and the client. Therefore service quality depends on active collaboration of the service recipient. Regarding elderly care, nursing ideally is embedded in a continuous process of mutual coordination (e.g. adjustment of intentions concerning nursing procedures and forms of client cooperation) and utilization of the clients’ action resources (e.g. remaining abilities).
Based on theoretical considerations and results of qualitative interviews an action-oriented concept of the phases and elements of co-production was developed. The concept is operationalized in a questionnaire for the analysis of co-production in geriatric nursing. In a first survey study of employees in elderly care (N=1450) the psychometric quality of the instrument (construct validity, reliability) is examined.
In the main study, which was conducted in three nursing homes, the sample consisted of both nursing staff (N=110) and residents (N=120). Through the employees’ and clients’ perspectives action phases and elements of co-production can be directly compared. In a follow-up survey concept and instrument are applied in a teacher sample (N=180) to test for generalizeability in other fields of human-related services. Implications for an improved co-production in human service profession are discussed.
«Human-related services require „co-production“, which means that the work is done in close cooperation between the service provider and the client. Therefore service quality depends on active collaboration of the service recipient. Regarding elderly care, nursing ideally is embedded in a continuous process of mutual coordination (e.g. adjustment of intentions concerning nursing procedures and forms of client cooperation) and utilization of the clients’ action resources (e.g. remaining abilities)...
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