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Medical Laboratory Technologists' Perception of Professional Self
Author(s) -
Andréasson Sixten,
Gullberg Mats T.,
Olsson Henny M.,
Hamrin Elisabeth
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1992.tb00127.x
Subject(s) - likert scale , empathy , psychology , perception , sample (material) , principal (computer security) , medical education , medicine , social psychology , chemistry , computer science , developmental psychology , chromatography , neuroscience , operating system
. The subjective perception of professional self was studied for a sample of Medical Laboratory Technologists (MLTs) employed in Clinical Chemistry in Sweden. The sample ( N = 488) consisted of a randomized tenth of members of their trade union. A mailed questionnaire with 21 items concerning self‐description compared with peers in a seven‐point Likert type scale was completed by 332 (68%). There was no significant overall difference concerning the four principal types of workplace: Clinical Chemistry, Blood Serology, Primary Care and Clinical Chemistry/Blood Serology. The main difference was found between those in managerial posts ( N = 72) and the other MLTs ( N = 260). Factor analysis showed three principal components, labelled Professionalism, Work Ethic, and Empathy, but also a different composition of variables of the components for the manager group compared with the non‐manager group.