A study of the relational aspects of the culture of academic medicine

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-114

  Pololi, Linda ^a,b   Conrad, Peter ^a   Knight, Sharon ^c   Carr, Phyllis ^d  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Women's Studies Research Center   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TRUST; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149397227     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181900efc     Document Type: Article

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