%0 Journal Article
%T Clima psicol¨®gico como preditor da sa¨²de e do bem£¿estar de profissionais de sa¨²de em contexto hospitalar
%A Carvalho
%A Isabel Silva
%J Psicologia
%D 2007
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X abstract: psychological climate as a proximal representation of organizational structures, processes and events (rousseau, 1988) as well as a meaning attribution processes in the work context (weick, 1995) as been reported as an important predictor of individual beahviour, health, and well-£¿being in organizations (parker, baltes, young, huff, altmann, lacost & roberts, 2003). in this study we examine the relationship between psychological climate and health and well-£¿being of health care professionals. drawing on jones and james (1979) model of psychological climate, several facets of climate are measured as well as multiple dimensions of health and well-£¿being: perception of physical health, vitality, cognitive functioning, social functioning, and affective well-£¿being. results suggested that psycho-logical climate is a strong predictor of employees health and well-£¿being. results also suggested that work satisfaction mediates the relationship between percep-tions of work and environment characteristics and health and well-£¿being. practical implications are discussed and interventions to improve quality of work life are suggested.
%K psychological climate
%K health
%K well-being
%K work satisfaction
%K health care professionals.
%U http://www.scielo.gpeari.mctes.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0874-20492007000100003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en