Team climate for innovation: What difference does it make in general practice?

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 164-169

  Proudfoot, Judith ^a   Jayasinghe, Upali W ^a   Holton, Chris ^b   Grimm, Jane ^a   Bubner, Tanya ^b   Amoroso, Cheryl ^a   Beilby, Justin ^b   Harris, Mark F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; General practice; Innovation; Team climate; Team work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TEAMWORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADOLESCENT; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

EID: 34447515560     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm005     Document Type: Article

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