The team climate inventory: Application in hospital teams and methodological considerations

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-280

  Ouwens, M ^a   Hulscher, M ^a   Akkermans, R ^a   Hermens, R ^a   Grol, R ^a   Wollersheim, H ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 58149139721     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.021543     Document Type: Article

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