Review article: The job satisfaction and retention of physicians in organized settings: A literature review

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1984, Pages 139-179

  Lichtenstein, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH FACILITIES; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICE; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL STAFF; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0021492395     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107755878404100301     Document Type: Review

References (76)

1. Bass, B.M. (1965). “Attitudes Toward Work.” In Organizational Psychology, ed. B. M. Bass. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1965.
2. Ben-David, J. (1958). “The Professional Role of the Physician in Bureaucratized Medicine: A Study in Role-Conflict,” Human Relations 2(3): 255-74, 1958.
3. Blau, P.M. (1973). “The Hierarchy of Authority in Organizations.” In Comparative Organizations: The Results of Empirical Research, ed. W. V. Heydebrand. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
4. Blau, P.M., Heydebrand, W.V. and Stauffer, R.E. (1966). “The Structure of Small Bureaucracies,” American Sociological Review 31(4): 179-91, 1966.
5. Breslau, N., Novack, A.H. and Wolf, C. (1978). “Work Settings and Job Satisfaction: A Study of Primary Care Physicians and Paramedical Personnel,” Medical Care 16(10): 850-62, 1978.
6. Bucher, R. and Stelling, J. (1969). “Characteristics of Professional Organizations,” J. of Health and Social Behavior 10(1): 3-15, 1969.
7. Carpenter, H.H. (1971). “Formal Organizational Factors and Perceived Job Satisfaction of Classroom Teachers,” Administrative Science Quarterly 16(4): 460-66, 1971.
8. Carr-Saunders, E.M. and Wilson, P.A. (1933). The Professions. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1933.
9. Cartwright, A. and Marshall, R. (1965). “General Practice in 1963: Its Conditions, Contents and Satisfactions,” Medical Care 3(2): 69-87, 1965.
10. Corwin, R.G. (1965). “The Professional Employee: A Study of Conflict in Nursing Roles,” American J. of Sociology 66(6): 604-14, 1965.
11. Demlo, L. (1975). “The Relationship of Physician Practice Patterns to Organizational and Personal Characteristics.” Ph.D. diss., Yale University, 1975.
12. Donabedian, A., Axelrod, S.J. and Wyszewianski, L. (1980). Medical Care Chartbook. Ann Arbor, Mich.: AUPHA Press, 1980.
13. Dornbush, S.M. and Scott, R. (1975). Evaluation and the Exercise of Authority. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1975.
14. Dunnette, M.D., Campbell, J.P. and Habel, M.D. (1967). “Factors Contributing to Job Satisfaction and Job Dissatisfaction in Six Organizational Groups,” Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 2(2): 143-74, 1967.
15. Engel, G.V. (1969). “The Effect of Bureaucracy on the Professional Autonomy of the Physician,” J. of Health and Social Behavior 10(1): 30-40, 1969.
16. Field, M.G. (1957). “To Certify or Not to Certify: The Physicians' Dilemma.” In Doctor and Patient in Soviet Russia, by M. G. Field. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1957.
17. Freidson, E. (1970). Profession of Medicine. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1970.
18. Freidson, E. and Mann, J.H. (1971). “Organizational Dimensions of Large Scale Group Medical Practice,” American J. of Public Health 61(4): 786-95, 1971.
19. Freidson, E. and Rhea, B. (1963). “Processes of Control in a Company of Equals,” Social Problems 11(2): 119-31, 1963.
20. Freidson, E. and Rhea, B. (1964). “Physicians in Large Medical Groups: A Preliminary Report,” J. of Chronic Diseases 17: 827-36, 1964.
21. Ginzberg, E., Brann, E., Hiestand, D. and Ostow, M. (1981). “The Expanding Physician Supply and Health Policy: The Clouded Outlook,” Health and Society: Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly 59(4): 508-41, 1981.
22. Goss, M.E.W. (1961). “Influence and Authority among Physicians in an Outpatient Clinic,” American Sociological Review 26(1): 39-50, 1961.
23. Goss, M.E., Battistella, R.M., Colombotos, J., Freidson, E. and Riedel, D.C. (1977). “Social Organization and Control in Medical Work: A Call for Research,” Medical Care Supplement 15(5): 1-10, 1977.
24. Greenwood, E. (1966). “The Elements of Professionalization.” In Professionalization, ed. H. M. Vollmer and D. L. Mills. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966.
25. Hackman, J.R. and Lawler, E.E. (1971). “Employee Reactions to Job Characteristics,” J. of Applied Psychology 55(3): 259-86, 1971.
26. Hall, D.T. and Lawler, E.E. (1970). “Job Characteristics and Pressure and the Organizational Integration of Professionals,” Administrative Science Quarterly 15(3): 271-81, 1970.
27. Hall, R.H. (1968). “Professionalization and Bureaucratization,” American Sociological Review 33(1): 92-104, 1968.
28. Hall, R.H. (1973). “Intraorganizational Structural Variation: Application of the Bureaucratic Model.” In Readings in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, ed. W. E. Scott, Jr. and L. L. Cummings. Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irvin, 1973.
29. Herman, J.B., Dunham, R.B. and Hulin, C.L. (1975). “Organizational Structure, Demographic Characteristics, and Employee Responses,” Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 13(2): 206-32, 1975.
30. Herman, J.B. and Hulin, C.L. (1972). “Studying Organizational Attitudes from Individual and Organizational Frames of Reference,” Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 8(1): 84-108, 1972.
31. Heydebrand, W.V. (1973). “Autonomy, Complexity, and Nonbureaucratic Coordination in Professional Organizations.” In Comparative Organizations: The Results of Empirical Research, ed. W. V. Heydebrand. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
32. Howell, M.A., Brumback, G.B., Newman, S.H. and Rizzo, J.B. (1968). “Work Satisfaction and the Retention of Organizationally Employed Physicians,” Personnel Psychology 21(1): 63-77, 1968.
33. Hulin, C.L. (1968). “Effects of Changes in Job-Satisfaction Levels on Employee Turnover,” J. of Applied Psychology 52(2): 122-26, 1968.
34. Kahn, R.L. (1972). “The Meaning of Work: Interpretation and Proposals for Measurement.” In The Human Meaning of Social Change, ed. A. Campbell and P. E. Converse. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1972.
35. Kalleberg, A.L. (1977). “Work Values and Job Rewards: A Theory of Job Satisfaction,” American Sociological Review 42(1): 124-43, 1977.
36. Katz, D. and Kahn, R.L. (1978). The Social Psychology of Organizations. 2d. ed. New York: John Wiley, 1978.
37. Katzell, R.A., Barrett, R.S. and Parker, T.C. (1961). “Job Satisfaction, Job Performance and Situational Characteristics,” J. of Applied Psychology 45(2): 64-72, 1961.
38. Konrad, T.R. (1975). “Organizational Autonomy, Centralization, and Physician Satisfaction in Large Medical Groups.” Ph.D. diss., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1975.
39. Konrad, T.R., Johnson, J.S., Madison, D.L. and Tilson, H.H. (1977). “Physician Staff Recruitment in Large Practice Organizations. Part II: Effects of Environmental and Organizational Characteristics on Recruitment Success,” Medical Group Management 24(2): 22-28, 1977.
40. Lawler, E.E. and Porter, L.W. (1969). “The Effects of Performance on Job Satisfaction.” In Readings in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, ed. W. E. Scott, Jr. and L. L. Cummings. Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin, 1969.
41. Lichtenstein, R. (1984). “Measuring the Job Satisfaction of Physicians in Organized Settings,” Medical Care 22(1): 56-68, 1984.
42. Locke, E.A. (1976). “The Nature and Causes of Job Satisfaction.” In Handbook of Industrial and Organixational Psychology, ed. M. D. Dunnette. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1976.
43. Luft, H.S. (1981). Health Maintenance Organizations: Dimensions of Performance. New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1981.
44. McElrath, D.C. (1958). “Prepaid Group Medical Practice: A Comparative Analysis.” Ph.D. diss., Yale University, 1958.
45. McElrath, D.C. (1961). “Perspectives and Participation of Physicians in Prepaid Group Practice,” American Sociological Review 26(4): 596-607, 1961.
46. Madison, D.L., Tilson, H.H. and Konrad, T.R. (1977). “Stability of Physician Staff in Large Practice Organizations: A Study Design.” In Physician Recruitment, Retention and Satisfaction in Medical Practice Organizations. Vol. II. Studies and Publications. Chapel Hill: Health Services Research Center, University of North Carolina, 1977.
47. Mahoney, A. (1973). “Factors Affecting Physicians' Choice of Group or Independent Practice,” Inquiry 10(2): 9-18, 1973.
48. Marsh, R.M. and Mannari, H. (1977). “Organizational Commitment and Turnover: A Prediction Study,” Administrative Science Quarterly 22(1): 57-75, 1977.
49. Mechanic, D. (1972). “General Medical Practice: Some Comparisons between the Work of Primary Care Physicians in the United States and England and Wales,” Medical Care 10(5): 402-20, 1972.
50. Mechanic, D. (1975). “The Organization of Medical Practice and Practice Orientations among Physicians in Prepaid and Nonprepaid Primary Care Settings,” Medical Care 13(3): 189-204, 1975.
51. Meltzer, L. and Salter, J. (1962). “Organizational Structure and the Performance and Job Satisfaction of Physiologists,” American Sociological Review 27(3): 351-62, 1962.
52. Montagne, P.D. (1968). “Professionalization and Bureaucratization in Large Professional Organizations,” American J. of Sociology 74(2): 137-45, 1968.
53. Morrison, J.D. (1974). “Satisfaction and Creative Inclination in a Group of British General Practitioners,” Medical Care 12(5): 399-412, 1974.
54. Nathanson, C.A. and Becker, M.H. (1973). “Job Satisfaction and Job Performance: An Empirical Test of Some Theoretical Propositions,” Organizational Behavior and Human Performance 9(2): 267-79, 1973.
55. Parsons, T. (1951). The Social System. Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press, 1951.
56. Paxton, G.S., Sbarbaro, J.A. and Nossaman, J.A. (1975). “A Core City Problem: Recruitment and Retention of Salaried Physicians,” Medical Care 13(3): 209-18, 1975.
57. Porter, L.W. and Lawler, E.E. (1969). “Properties of Organization Structure in Relation to Job Attitudes and Job Behavior.” In Readings in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, ed. W. E. Scott, Jr. and L. L. Cummings. Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin, 1969.
58. Porter, L.W. and Steers, R.M. (1973). “Organizational, Work and Personal Factors in Employee Turnover and Absenteeism,” Psychological Bulletin 80: 151-76, 1973.
59. Prybil, L. (1971). “Physician Terminations in Large Multispecialty Groups. Part II: Factors That Influence Physicians to Leave Multispecialty Group Practice,” Medical Group Management 18(6): 4-6, 24-25, 1971.
60. Prybil, L.(1974). “Characteristics, Career Patterns and Opinions of Physicians Who Practice in Large Multispecialty Groups,” Medical Group Management 21(5): 22-26, 1974.
61. Ritzer, G. (1975). “Professionalization, Bureaucratization, and Rationalization: The Views of Max Weber,” Social Forces 53(4): 627-34, 1975.
62. Ross, A. (1969). “A Report on Physician Termination in Group Practice,” Medical Group Management 16: 15-21, 1969.
63. Schwab, D.P. and Cummings, L.L. (1973). “Theories of Performance and Satisfaction: A Review.” In Readings in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, ed. W. E. Scott, Jr. and L. L. Cummings. Homewood, Ill: Richard D. Irwin, 1973.
64. Scott, W.R. (1965). “Reactions to Supervision in a Heteronomous Professional Organization,” Administrative Science Quarterly 10: 65-81, 1965.
65. Scott, W.R.(1966). “Professionals in Bureaucracies—Areas of Conflict.” In Professionalization, ed. H. M. Vollmer and D. L. Mills. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1966.
66. Smith, H.L. (1955). “Two Lines of Authority Are One Too Many,” Modern Hospital 84(3): 59-64, 1955.
67. Smith, P.C., Kendall, L.M. and Hulin, C.L. (1969). The Measurement of Satisfaction in Work and Retirement. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1969.
68. Sorensen, J.E. and Sorensen, T.L. (1974). “The Conflict of Professionals in Bureaucratic Organizations,” Administrative Science Quarterly 19(1): 98-106, 1974.
69. Stamps, P.L., Piedmont, E.B., Slavitt, D.B. and Haase, A.M. (1978). “Measurement of Work Satisfaction among Health Professionals,” Medical Care 16(4): 337-52, 1978.
70. Starkweather, D.B. (1970). “Hospital Size, Complexity, and Formalization,” Health Services Research 5(4): 330-41, 1970.
71. Tilson, H.H. (1973a). “Characteristics of Physicians in OEO Neighborhood Health Centers,” Inquiry 10(2): 27-36, 1973.
72. Tilson, H.H.(1973b). “Stability of Physician Employment in Neighborhood Health Centers,” Medical Care 11(5): 384-400, 1973.
73. Vayda, E. (1970). “Stability of the Medical Group in a New Prepaid Medical Care Program,” Medical Care 8(2): 161-68, 1970.
74. Weber, M. (1947). The Theory of Social and Economic Organization. Translated by A. M. Henderson and T. Parsons. Glencoe, Ill.: The Free Press, 1947.
75. Worthy, J.C. (1950). “Organizational Structure and Employee Morale,” American Sociological Review 15(2): 169-79, 1950.
76. Young, M.S. (1976). “Career Stage, Organizational Context, Community Context and Tenure of Physicians in Multispecialty Medical Group Practices.” Ph.D. diss., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1976.