Clima psicológico como preditor da saúde e do bem？estar de profissionais de saúde em contexto hospitalar

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.