*4.2. Collaboration*

A majority of the ONSOs (75.6%, M = 4.07, SD = 0.72) and even more of the OFFSOs (88.1%, M = 4.44, SD = 0.87) considered the exercises to be focused on collaboration. Less than half of the ONSOs (41.4%, M = 3.13, SD = 1.11) and 63.5% of the OFFSOs (M = 4.00, SD = 1.19) experienced that the collaboration began without an unnecessary waiting time. Additionally, 42.6% (M = 3.34, SD = 0.98) of the ONSOs and 57.2% (M = 3.97, SD = 1.22) of the OFFSOs considered that the exercises encompassed alternative strategies to collaborate. Moreover, 53.2% (M = 3.70, SD = 1.01) of the ONSOs and 79.7% (M = 4.40, SD = 0.99) of the OFFSOs considered that staff who needed to practice collaboration were engaged in the exercises. Discussions took place after the practical activities in the studied exercises; however, 33% of the ONSOs thought these discussions were insufficient, and they wanted more seminar activities after the practical actions (M = 3.17, SD = 1.00). In contrast, 29.8% of the OFFSOs considered the discussions to be insufficient, while 20.6% remained neutral (M = 3.42, SD = 1.42). Out of all the ONSO respondents, 44.6% did not consider the exercises to be those they usually practiced (M = 2.82, SD = 1.30), while only 5.2% of the OFFSOs considered the same (M = 4.46, SD = 0.93). The mean for all items within the collaboration dimension was 3.52 (SD = 1.01) for the ONSOs and 4.06 (SD = 0.64) for the OFFSOs (Figure 1).
