Organizational Culture and Physician Satisfaction with Dimensions of Group Practice
dc.contributor.author | Zazzali, James L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Alexander, Jeffrey A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Shortell, Stephen M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Burns, Lawton R. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-01T19:33:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-06-01T19:33:35Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Zazzali, James L.; Alexander, Jeffrey A.; Shortell, Stephen M.; Burns, Lawton R. (2007). "Organizational Culture and Physician Satisfaction with Dimensions of Group Practice." Health Services Research 42(3p1): 1150-1176. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72696> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0017-9124 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1475-6773 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/72696 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=17489908&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | 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 variables. Separate models for each of the four cultural types were estimated for each of the six satisfaction measures, yielding a total of 24 models. Sample Studied . Fifty-two medical groups affiliated with 12 integrated health systems from across the U.S., involving 1,593 physician respondents (38.3 percent response rate). Larger medical groups and multispecialty groups were over-represented compared with the U.S. as a whole. Principal Findings . Our models explain up to 31 percent of the variance in individual physician satisfaction with group practice, with individual organizational culture scales explaining up to 5 percent of the variance. Group-level predictors: group (i.e., participatory) culture was positively associated with satisfaction with staff and human resources, technological sophistication, and price competition. Hierarchical (i.e., bureaucratic) culture was negatively associated with satisfaction with managerial decision making, practice level competitiveness, price competition, and financial capabilities. Rational (i.e., task-oriented) culture was negatively associated with satisfaction with staff and human resources, and price competition. Developmental (i.e., risk-taking) culture was not significantly associated with any of the satisfaction measures. In some of the models, being a single-specialty group (compared with a primary care group) and a group having a higher percent of male physicians were positively associated with satisfaction with financial capabilities. Physician-level predictors: individual physicians' ratings of organizational culture were significantly related to many of the satisfaction measures. In general, older physicians were more satisfied than younger physicians with many of the satisfaction measures. Male physicians were less satisfied with data capabilities. Primary care physicians (versus specialists) were less satisfied with price competition. Conclusion . Some dimensions of physician organizational culture are significantly associated with various aspects of individual physician satisfaction with group practice. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing Inc | en_US |
dc.rights | No claim to original U.S. government works. © 2006 Health Research and Educational Trust | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Physician | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Satisfaction | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Medical Group | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Organizational Culture | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Multilevel Model | en_US |
dc.title | Organizational Culture and Physician Satisfaction with Dimensions of Group Practice | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI , | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | RAND Corporation, 1776 Main St. Santa Monica, CA 90407 , | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA , | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 17489908 | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2006.00648.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Health Services Research | en_US |
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