Organizational culture and physician satisfaction with dimensions of group practice.

ABSTRACT:

Research objective

To assess the extent to which the organizational culture of physician group practices is associated with individual physician satisfaction with the managerial and organizational capabilities of the groups.

Study design and methods

Physician surveys from 1997 to 1998 assessing the culture of their medical groups and their satisfaction with six aspects of group practice. Organizational culture was conceptualized using the Competing Values framework, yielding four distinct cultural types. Physician-level data were aggregated to the group level to attain measures of organizational culture. Using hierarchical linear modeling, individual physician satisfaction with six dimensions of group practice was predicted using physician-level variables and group-level var

SUBMITTER: Zazzali JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1955261 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature