Table 2.

Constructs and items used in the study

Construct	Item label	Items
Ambidextrous leadership (AL)
AL	AL1	Allows different ways of accomplishing tasks.
	AL2	Encourages experimentation with different ideas.
	AL3	Gives opportunities for independent thinking and acting.
	AL4	Allows room for colleagues’ ideas.
	AL5	Allows errors.
	AL6	Encourages learning from errors.
	AL7	Monitors and controls goal attainment.
	AL8	Establishes routines.
	AL9	Takes corrective action, if necessary.
	AL10	Controls adherence to rules.
	AL11	Sticks to plans.
Creative performance (CP)
CP	CP1	Creates new ideas to solve problems.
	CP2	Searches out new working methods to improve own job performance.
	CP3	Investigates and finds ways to implement own ideas.
	CP4	Promotes own ideas so others might use them in their work.
	CP5	Tries out new ideas in own work.
	CP6	Comes up with creative solutions to problems.
	CP7	Suggests new ways to increase quality.
Learning orientation (LO)
LO	LO1	Acquires new knowledge when necessary.
	LO2	Feels it is worth spending a great deal of time learning new ways to accomplish own work.
	LO3	Feels it is important to continually improve own professional skills.
Relationship learning (RL)
RL	RL1	Team colleagues exchange information about successful and unsuccessful experiences with their own services.
	RL2	Colleagues in own team exchange information related to changes in end-users’/patients’ needs.
	RL3	Colleagues in own team exchange information as soon as possible if any unexpected problems occur.
	RL4	Colleagues in own team stimulate discussion, encompassing a variety of opinions and thoughts.
	RL5	Colleagues in own team frequently evaluate and update information stored in different databases.