Choose and secure the agreement of three individuals you know well (i.e., family and friends) to be interviewed on the topics of employee empowerment, engagement, and psychological safety in the workplace. One person you interview must work in a healthcare setting.
Part ONE of this assignment
Access and review the document Employee Interviews: Guidelines and Questions, attached below, for guidance on planning, conducting, analyzing, and comparing the interview responses. Fill out interview questions for each person
Part TWO of this assignment
In a separate Word document, write 4–5 pages to produce an Interviews Summary and Analysis that includes the following:
• Describe the three employees you interviewed, including their industries and job titles.
• Explain your working definitions of “employee empowerment” and “employee engagement” that are the basis of the interviews.
• Summarize how the interviewees characterized the culture of employee empowerment and engagement within their organizations.
• Analyze how employee empowerment and employee engagement within healthcare organizations compare with other industries.
• Explain your working definition of “psychological safety” that is the basis of the interviews.
• Summarize how the interviewees characterized the presence, absence, and/or degree of psychological safety within their organizations.
• Analyze how psychological safety within healthcare compares with other industries.
• Analyze how degree of psychological safety, employee empowerment, and engagement are positive or negative factors for quality care and safety issues within healthcare.
• From the position of a nurse executive, explain at least two leadership strategies you would recommend for actions to improve or sustain psychological safety, employee empowerment, and engagement within healthcare organizations. Speak generally, or specifically, to your current healthcare organization or one where you have worked in the past.
