Complexity embraced: a new perspective on the evaluation of organisational interventions

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dc.abstract.enOrganisational interventions are recommended to address the root causes of ill-health in organisations. Yet, the evidence for their effectiveness is inconclusive, likely because such interventions are complex, and their effectiveness depends on how and in which contexts the interventions are implemented. This makes organisational interventions challenging to evaluate. While multiple factors affecting implementation and intervention outcomes have been uncovered, it remains unclear which of them are necessary and which are sufficient to produce desired outcomes. To move forward, we argue that the field would benefit from using a theory of causation that better reflects that factors can combine in various ways, that there may be multiple paths to the same outcome, and that a factor can be necessary for bringing about an outcome and thus always leads to it, or sufficient, implying that multiple factors can independently lead to the same outcome. We believe that the use of evaluation designs that align with this type of causation, such as the configurational comparative methods in general and coincidence analysis in particular, will be a significant turning point for the field. The proposed paradigm will improve the precision of current frameworks and models for the evaluation and implementation of organisational interventions.
dc.affiliationInstitute of Psychology
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorvon Thiele Schwarz, Ulrica
dc.contributor.authorSørensen, Ole Henning
dc.contributor.authorTafvelin, Susanne
dc.contributor.authorRoczniewska, Marta
dc.date.access2024-05-08
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-11T14:54:17Z
dc.date.available2024-12-11T14:54:17Z
dc.date.created2024-04-07
dc.date.issued2024-05-08
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dc.description.issue4
dc.description.physical373-379
dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.description.volume38
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02678373.2024.2349000
dc.identifier.eissn1464-5335
dc.identifier.issn0267-8373
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/693
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02678373.2024.2349000
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.rights.questionYes_rights
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dc.subject.enevaluation
dc.subject.encausality
dc.subject.encoincidence analysis
dc.subject.enconfigurational comparative methods
dc.subject.enimplementation
dc.subject.enmethodology
dc.subject.enorganisational interventions
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dc.titleComplexity embraced: a new perspective on the evaluation of organisational interventions
dc.title.journalWork and Stress
dc.typeJournalArticle
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