Evaluating the organisational climate in Italian public healthcare institutions by means of a questionnaire

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Wienand, Ulrich ^a   Cinotti, Renata ^b   Nicoli, Augusta ^b   Bisagni, Miriam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Sanitaria Regionale   (Italy)

^c Azienda USL di Piacenza   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; ITALY; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; EMPLOYEE INCENTIVE PLANS; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34250174537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-7-73     Document Type: Article

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