151. The Team Climate Inventory as a measure of primary care teams’ processes : validation of the French version
- Author
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Beaulieu, Marie-Dominique, Dragieva, Nataliya, Del Grande, Claudio, Dawson, Jeremy, Haggerty, Jeannie L., Barnsley, Jan, Hogg, William E., Tousignant, Pierre, West, Michael, Beaulieu, Marie-Dominique, Dragieva, Nataliya, Del Grande, Claudio, Dawson, Jeremy, Haggerty, Jeannie L., Barnsley, Jan, Hogg, William E., Tousignant, Pierre, and West, Michael
- Abstract
Purpose: Evaluate the psychometric properties of the French version of the short 19-item Team Climate Inventory (TCI) and explore the contributions of individual and organizational characteristics to perceived team effectiveness. Method: The TCI was completed by 471 of the 618 (76.2%) healthcare professionals and administrative staff working in a random sample of 37 primary care practices in the province of Quebec. Results: Exploratory factor analysis confirmed the original four-factor model. Cronbach's alphas were excellent (from 0.88 to 0.93). Latent class analysis revealed three-class response structure. Respondents in practices with professional governance had a higher probability of belonging to the "High TCI" class than did practices with community governance (36.7% vs. 19.1%). Administrative staff tended to fall into the "Suboptimal TCI" class more frequently than did physicians (36.5% vs. 19.0%). Conclusion: Results confirm the validity of our French version of the short TCI. The association between professional governance and better team climate merits further exploration.
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- 2014