Measuring cultural climate in a uniformed services medical center

The purpose of this study was to determine the employee perceptions of the cultural climate at a large uniformed service medical center in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The analyses are based on the responses of 1,751 medical center employees, whose demographic characteristics were r...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Military medicine 1999-03, Vol.164 (3), p.202-208
Main Authors: BRANNEN, S. J, BRANNEN, K. R, COLLIGAN, T. W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Medical Centers - organization & administration
Attitude of Health Personnel
Biological and medical sciences
Cultural Diversity
Employees
Female
Health participants
Humans
Interprofessional Relations
Job Satisfaction
Male
Medical sciences
Mid-Atlantic Region
Military Medicine - organization & administration
Military Personnel - psychology
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Organizational Culture
Perceptions
Personnel Loyalty
Personnel, Hospital - psychology
Prejudice
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Sexual Harassment
Surveys and Questionnaires
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The purpose of this study was to determine the employee perceptions of the cultural climate at a large uniformed service medical center in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The analyses are based on the responses of 1,751 medical center employees, whose demographic characteristics were representative of the medical center population. Analyses indicate the existence of systematic perceptual differences between: (1) the medical center and Department of Defense personnel, and (2) the following cultural groups: (a) male and female personnel, (b) military and civilian personnel, and (c) majority and minority personnel. Recommendations are provided for future areas of research that need to be conducted with respect to the phenomenon of cultural diversity and the development of positive cultural climates within both the military and civilian medical settings.
ISSN:0026-4075
1930-613X
DOI:10.1093/milmed/164.3.202