Physicians’ professional autonomy and their organizational identification with their hospital

Physicians and professional autonomy.

154 JMAJ, May / June 2014—Vol.57, No.3 1. What constitutes the exact definition and concepts of the term profession is not clear. In Europe, where the word profession was born, clergy, physicians, and attorneys have been traditionally referred to as the 3 major professions. Here, I would like to state the fundamental features of profession bearing in mind the latter two in particular: physician...

Autonomy and privacy: protecting patients from their physicians.

Organizational justice, trust, and identification and their effects on organizational commitment in hospital nursing staff

BACKGROUND It is of importance and urgency for hospitals to retain excellent nursing staff in order to improve patient satisfaction and hospital performance. However, it was found that simply increasing the salary is not the best method to resolve the problem of lacking nursing staff; it is necessary to focus on the impact of non-monetary factors. The delicate relationship between organizationa...

Investigating the Effects of English Language Teachers’ Professional Identity and Autonomy in Their Success

Because of the importance of instructor success in the adequacy of instruction and learning, this study aimed to explain the impact of two factors, namely language teachers’ professional identity and autonomy, with respect to their success. To this end, 190 Iranian EFL teachers, including university lecturers and language institute teachers, participated in this study. As for data collection, t...

Psychological Empowerment in Hospital Administrative Staff Predicts their Organizational Commitment

Background and Objectives: Quality services delivery in the health settings is contingent on hospital administrative staff organizational commitment. Inspired by previous research indicating the prominent role of psychological empowerment in organizational commitment, this study aimed to explore the relationship between the two variables in hospital administrative staff. Methods: A random sam...