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The Role of Interteam Coordination for Team Empowerment: A Longitudinal Study of Home-Based Healthcare

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Team-based organizational designs are increasingly used to improve the fit between tasks and available human resources in modern organizations, and team empowerment represents an important means of enhancing team performance. At the same time, the growing complexity of work often results in task interdependencies that cross team boundaries, increasing the importance of interteam coordination in multiteam systems (MTS). Based on a longitudinal case study of a municipality that has implemented an innovative multiteam organizational model for home-based healthcare services, this article investigates how interteam coordination influences team empowerment. The results show that interteam coordination is central to team empowerment, highlighting the significance of the interplay between inter- and intrateam functioning in MTS. Overall, interteam coordination was a key factor in making the new organizational model work as intended and required careful attention and ongoing measures throughout the implementation process.

Source: The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science

DOI: 10.1177/00218863261460153

Authors: Leif Jarle Gressgård, Olaug Øygarden

Institution: NORCE Research AS

Language: English

Topic: Team Dynamics and Performance

Subfield: Social Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,650