Table 3.
DISC-construct | Education (n = 17) mean (SD) | Health Promotion (n = 17) mean (SD) | Public Service (n = 8) Mean (SD) |
Context | |||
▪ Organizational characteristics: | 3.92 (0.49)a | 3.68 (0.46) | 3.40 (0.45)b |
▫ Open to innovation | 4.12 (0.86) | 4.47 (0.62)a | 3.50 (0.93)b |
▫ Fully staffed (no long-standing vacancies) | 4.53 (0.62)a | 4.29 (0.85)a | 3.43 (0.73)b |
▫ Major organization change processes | 4.47 (0.80)a | 4.24 (0.83) | 3.38 (1.30)b |
▫ Financial problems now or expected in the near future | 4.19 (1.24) | 3.69 (0.85)a | 4.75 (0.46)b |
Change Management | |||
▪ Change strategies | 3.72 (0.39)a | 4.43 (0.32)b | 4.01 (0.75) |
▪ Network development | 3.99 (0.44) | 4.34 (0.39)a | 3.69 (0.80)b |
Project Management | 2.91 (0.78)a | 3.70 (0.67)b | 3.26 (0.81) |
Collaborative Support | |||
▪ Intentions: willingness to commit | 3.19 (0.52) | 3.67 (0.86)a | 2.83 (0.60)b |
▪ Actions: Innovative actions & adaptations | 3.33 (0.37)a | 2.83 (0.77) | 2.11 (0.54)b |
Means with different superscripts are statistically different (p < 0.05)