Are there gender differences in how managers and professionals perceived organizational climate? The case of Tuscan healthcare system | Zendy

Chiara Seghieri | Zendy; Diana Carolina Rojas | Zendy; Sabiuti | Zendy

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Are there gender differences in how managers and professionals perceived organizational climate? The case of Tuscan healthcare system

Author(s) -

Chiara Seghieri,

Diana Carolina Rojas,

Sabiuti

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

suma de negocios

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2215-910X

pISSN - 2027-5692

DOI - 10.1016/j.sumneg.2015.04.002

Subject(s) - psychology , internal consistency , health professionals , humanities , organisation climate , job satisfaction , health care , management , political science , social psychology , clinical psychology , law , psychometrics , economics , philosophy

This study examines the organizational climate and looking at gender differences in professional roles within healthcare organizations. Data came from organizational-climate questionnaires administered in 2010 to 1498 health managers and 19,616 health staff in the Tuscany Region (Italy). An exploratory factor analysis was performed to verify the validity and internal consistency between items and Student t-test to compare mean perceptions regarding the dimensions across different groups of respondents. Five dimensions were measured: “training opportunities”, “communication and information processing”, “managerial tools”, “organization”, and “management and leadership style”, and overall job satisfaction. Significant gender differences were found in the perception of professional roles between managers and staff

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