Hospital Climate and Peer Report Intention on Adverse Medical Events: Role of Attribution and Rewards

Xiaoxiang Li, Shuhan Zhang, Rong Chen and Dongxiao Gu
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Xiaoxiang Li: School of Business, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
Shuhan Zhang: School of Economics, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
Rong Chen: School of Economics & Management, Hefei Normal University, Hefei 230061, China
Dongxiao Gu: School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 5, 1-17

Abstract: Adverse medical events (AMEs) often occur in the healthcare workplace, and studies have shown that a positive atmosphere can reduce their incidence by increasing peer report intention. However, few studies have investigated the effect and action mechanism therein. We aimed to extend upon these studies by probing into the relationship between hospital climate and peer report intention, along with the mediating effect of attribution tendency and moderating effects of rewards. For this purpose, a cross-sectional survey was administered in a hospital among health professionals. We collected 503 valid questionnaires from health professionals in China and verified the hypothesis after sorting the questionnaires. The results of empirical analysis show that a positive hospital climate significantly induces individual internal attribution tendency, which in turn exerts a positive effect on peer report intention. Contract reward also helps to increase peer report intention, especially for health professionals with an internal attribution tendency. The findings contribute to the literature regarding AME management in hospitals by providing empirical evidence of the necessity for hospital climate and contract reward, and by providing insights to improve their integrated application.

Keywords: hospital climate; attribution tendency; peer report intention; reward; health professionals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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