School of Health Services Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230032, China.
Faculty of Education, Health and Wellbeing, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, WV1 1QU, UK.
BMC Geriatr. 2023 Feb 23;23(1):108. doi: 10.1186/s12877-023-03837-x.
The social network of core members can affect the performance of the organization, while there is a lack of research on the relationship between the social network of core members of social organizations and individual performance in the field of aged care services. This study aimed to explore the relationship between social network and individual performance of core members from social organizations engaged in aged care services and explore measures to promote the development of aged care services.
We used a multi-stage stratified sampling method to conduct a cross-sectional study and collected the required data in six cities in Anhui Province, China. Univariate analysis and binary logistic regression were used to estimate the relationship between social network and individual performance.
Our results indicated that core members with higher social network scores were more likely to yield better individual performance, including receiving awards or recognitions related to aged care services (AOR=2.534; 95% CI: 1.397-4.596). Moreover, teams led by the core members were more likely to receive awards or recognitions related to aged care services (AOR=2.930; 95% CI: 1.740-4.933). The core members or the teams led by them were more likely to be reported by the media (AOR=1.748; 95% CI: 1.030-2.966) and participate in the drafting or discussion of local aged care service standards or service specifications (AOR=2.088; 95% CI: 1.093-3.911). In addition, demographic variables such as gender, marital status, and education of core members were significantly related to their performance (P<0.05).
The social network of core members of aged care service social organizations has an impact on their individual performance. To improve the performance of the core members of senior citizens services and organizations, relevant measures should be taken from the government, social organizations and core members to strengthen the social network construction of core members.
核心成员的社交网络会影响组织的绩效，而社会组织核心成员的社交网络与养老服务领域的个人绩效之间的关系缺乏研究。本研究旨在探讨从事养老服务的社会组织核心成员的社交网络与个人绩效之间的关系，并探索促进养老服务发展的措施。
我们采用多阶段分层抽样方法在中国安徽省的六个城市进行了横断面研究，并收集了所需的数据。采用单因素分析和二项逻辑回归来估计社交网络与个人绩效之间的关系。
我们的结果表明，社交网络得分较高的核心成员更有可能获得更好的个人绩效，包括获得与养老服务相关的奖励或认可（AOR=2.534；95%CI：1.397-4.596）。此外，由核心成员领导的团队更有可能获得与养老服务相关的奖励或认可（AOR=2.930；95%CI：1.740-4.933）。核心成员或其领导的团队更有可能被媒体报道（AOR=1.748；95%CI：1.030-2.966），并参与当地养老服务标准或服务规范的起草或讨论（AOR=2.088；95%CI：1.093-3.911）。此外，核心成员的性别、婚姻状况和教育等人口统计学变量与他们的绩效显著相关（P<0.05）。
养老服务社会组织核心成员的社交网络对其个人绩效有影响。为了提高老年人服务和组织核心成员的绩效，政府、社会组织和核心成员应采取相关措施，加强核心成员的社交网络建设。
