To identify high‐performance work practices () associated with high frontline health care worker () job satisfaction and perceived quality of care.
Cross‐sectional survey data from 661 s in 13 large health care employers were collected between 2007 and 2008 and analyzed using both regression and fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis.
Supervisor support and team‐based work practices were identified as necessary for high job satisfaction and high quality of care but not sufficient to achieve these outcomes unless implemented in tandem with other . Several configurations of were associated with either high job satisfaction or high quality of care. However, only one configuration of was sufficient for both: the combination of supervisor support, performance‐based incentives, team‐based work, and flexible work. These findings were consistent even after controlling for demographics and employer type. Additional research is needed to clarify whether have differential effects on quality of care in direct care versus administrative workers.
High‐performance work practices that integrate s in health care teams and provide s with opportunities for participative decision making can positively influence job satisfaction and perceived quality of care, but only when implemented as bundles of complementary policies and practices.
