The Competing Values Framework was created in 1983 by Robert Quinn and John Rohrbaugh. It looks at individual leadership behaviour and how that behaviour produces competences but more importantly how those competencies produce very specific types of value.

What are some competing values?

The premise of the CVF is that there are four basic competing values within every enterprise: Collaborate, Create, Compete and Control. These values compete in a very real sense for a corporation’s limited resources (funding, time, and people).

What are competing values in healthcare?

The Competing Values Framework (CVF) has been widely used in health services research to assess organizational culture as a predictor of quality improvement implementation, employee and patient satisfaction, and team functioning, among other outcomes.